Shloka 17

Kāleya-Āśrama-Vināśaḥ — The Kāleyas’ nocturnal raids and the devas’ supplication to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

सिंहव्याप्रैर्महानादान्नदद्धिरनुनादितम्‌ । अपरैश्नापि संलीनैर्गुहाकन्दरशायिभि:

Transliteration

siṁhavyāghrair mahānādān nadadbhiḥ anunāditam | aparaiś ca api saṁlīnair guhākandaraśāyibhiḥ ||

Translation

Lomāśa said: “It was made to resound again and again by lions and tigers, roaring with mighty cries; and also by other beasts that lay hidden, dwelling in caves and rocky hollows.”

Word by Word

• सिंहव्याप्रैः: by lions and tigers
• सिंहव्याप्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह + व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महानादान्: great roars
• महानादान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नदद्भिः: by (those) roaring
• नदद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• अनुनादितम्: resounded/echoed
• अनुनादितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + नद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अपरैः: by others
• अपरैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• श्नाभिः: by dogs
• श्नाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• संलीनैः: by (those) lying hidden/merged
• संलीनैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + ली
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• गुहाकन्दरशायिभिः: by (those) dwelling in caves and caverns
• गुहाकन्दरशायिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुहा + कन्दर + शायिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomāśa
• lions
• tigers
• caves (guhā)
• rocky hollows/clefts (kandara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the austere, untamed character of the forest: a setting that tests travelers with fear and uncertainty, encouraging steadiness and self-control amid danger—virtues central to dharmic endurance during exile.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomāśa describes a wilderness region where the surroundings reverberate with the loud roars of lions and tigers, along with other animals concealed in caves and rocky clefts—painting a vivid, perilous landscape encountered on the journey.