Shloka 15

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

Devanagari script

महिषैश्न वराहैश्न सृमरैश्वमरैरपि । तत्र तत्रानुचरितं शार्टूलभयवर्जिति:,भैंसे, सूअर, बालमृग और चवँरी गायें बाघ-सिंहोंके भयसे रहित हो उस आश्रमके आस-पास विचर रही थीं

Transliteration

mahiṣaiś ca varāhaiś ca śṛmaraś ca amarair api | tatra tatrānucaritaṃ śārṭūlabhayavarjitam ||

Translation

ആ ആശ്രമപ്രദേശത്ത് മഹിഷങ്ങളും വരാഹങ്ങളും ഭീതസ്വഭാവമുള്ള മൃഗങ്ങളും ചമരിമാടുകളും പോലും—വ്യാഘ്രഭയം ഇല്ലാതെ—ഇവിടെയും അവിടെയും നിർഭയമായി സഞ്ചരിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

महिषैःby/with buffaloes

चand

वराहैःby/with boars

चand

सृमरैःby/with antelopes/deer

चand

अमरैःby/with yaks (chamara-cows/gaur-like animals) / 'amaras' (contextual fauna term)

अपिalso, even

तत्रthere

तत्रhere and there

अनुचरितम्was frequented/roamed about

शार्दूलभयवर्जितैःby those free from fear of tigers (and lions)

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomasa

hermitage (āśrama)

buffaloes

boars

deer (śṛmara)

yak-like cattle (amara)

tiger (śārṭūla)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A place grounded in tapas and dharma is portrayed as pacifying fear and aggression: even prey animals can move safely, suggesting that moral-spiritual order harmonizes the natural world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomasa describes the surroundings of an āśrama where various wild and domestic-like animals wander freely, notably without fear of tigers, emphasizing the extraordinary serenity of the hermitage.