Shloka 91

Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

बहुतालसमुत्सेधा: शैलशृज्गभपरिच्युता:

Transliteration

bahutālasamutsedhāḥ śailaśṛṅgabhaparicyutāḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Mereka menjulang setinggi banyak pohon tāla, seakan-akan terhempas jatuh dari puncak-puncak gunung.”

Word by Word

• बहु-ताल-समुत्सेधाः: having a great height (as of many tāla-measures)
• बहु-ताल-समुत्सेधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुत्सेध (प्रातिपदिक); बहु, ताल (पूर्वपद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शैल-शृङ्ग-भ-परिच्युताः: fallen/slipped down from the mountain-peaks
• शैल-शृङ्ग-भ-परिच्युताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिच्युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √च्यु 'to fall/slide' with परि-); शैल, शृङ्ग, भ (पूर्वपद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच