Shloka 13

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो दूरात्‌ प्रकाशन्तं पाण्डुरं मेरुसंनिभम्‌ | ददृशुस्ते नरश्रेष्ठा विकीर्ण सर्वतोदिशम्‌,तदनन्तर उन नरश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवोंने एक श्वेत पर्वत-सा देखा जो मेरुगिरिके समान दूरसे ही प्रकाशित हो रहा था। वह सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें बिखरा जान पड़ता था

Transliteration

tato dūrāt prakāśantaṃ pāṇḍuraṃ merusaṃnibham | dadṛśus te naraśreṣṭhā vikīrṇaṃ sarvato diśam ||

Translation

Then, from far away, those best of men beheld a pale-white mass, shining clearly and resembling Mount Meru. It appeared spread out in every direction—an awe-inspiring sight that draws the mind from ordinary concerns toward steadiness and reverence before the vastness of the world.

Word by Word

ततःthen, from thereupon

दूरात्from afar

प्रकाशन्तम्shining, radiant

पाण्डुरम्pale, white

मेरु-संनिभम्resembling Meru

ददृशुःthey saw

तेthey, those

नर-श्रेष्ठाःbest of men

विकीर्णम्scattered, spread out

सर्वतःon all sides

दिशम्direction (as a whole, the quarters)

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pāṇḍavas (implied by naraśreṣṭhāḥ)

Mount Meru

a white/shining mountain-like object

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes