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Shloka 20

अध्याय १ — न्यग्रोधवनोपवेशनम् तथा द्रौणिनिश्चयः

Night at the Banyan and Drauṇi’s Resolve

नानातोयै: समाकीर्ण नानापुष्पोपशोभितम्‌ । पद्मिनीशतसंछन्नं नीलोत्पलसमायुतम्‌

nānātoyaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ nānāpuṣpopaśobhitam | padminīśatasaṃchannaṃ nīlotpalasamāyutam ||

ആ വനഭൂമി പലവിധ ജലാശയങ്ങളാൽ എല്ലായിടത്തും നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു; നാനാവിധ പുഷ്പങ്ങൾ അതിനെ ശോഭിപ്പിച്ചു. അതിലെ കുളങ്ങൾ നൂറുനൂറ് പദ്മിനികളാൽ മൂടപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു; രക്തകമലങ്ങളും അസംഖ്യ നീലോത്പലങ്ങളും ചുറ്റുമെങ്ങും പരന്നിരുന്നു.

नानाvarious, many kinds of
नाना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना
तोयैःwith waters
तोयैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतोय
Formneuter, instrumental, plural
समाकीर्णम्filled, crowded, strewn
समाकीर्णम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-कीर्ण (√कॄ/कीर्)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
नानाvarious, many kinds of
नाना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना
पुष्पflowers
पुष्प:
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्प
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, plural (in compound sense)
उपशोभितम्adorned, beautified
उपशोभितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउप-शोभित (√शुभ्/शोभ्)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
पद्मिनीlotus-pond, lake
पद्मिनी:
TypeNoun
Rootपद्मिनी
Formfeminine, nominative/accusative, singular (as first member of compound)
शतhundred
शत:
TypeNoun
Rootशत
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular (as numeral in compound)
संछन्नम्covered, overspread
संछन्नम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-छन्न (√छद्)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
नीलblue
नील:
TypeAdjective
Rootनील
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular (as first member of compound)
उत्पलwater-lily
उत्पल:
TypeNoun
Rootउत्पल
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular (as second member of compound)
समायुतम्joined with, accompanied by
समायुतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-युक्त (√युज्)
Formneuter, nominative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
W
waters/ponds (toya, padminī)
L
lotuses (padma)
B
blue lotuses/water-lilies (nīlotpala)
F
flowers (puṣpa)

Educational Q&A

The verse offers no direct injunction; its ethical force lies in contrast—peaceful, life-filled nature is depicted immediately before/around acts born of rage and adharma, sharpening the reader’s awareness of how violence desecrates a world that is intrinsically beautiful and ordered.

Sañjaya is painting a vivid setting: a region with many water-bodies and abundant blossoms, where lotus-ponds are covered with lotuses and blue water-lilies. This descriptive passage prepares the atmosphere for the events of the Sauptika episode.