Shloka 5
समुद्रलङ्घनारम्भः
Commencement of the Ocean-Crossing
नीललोहितमांजिष्ठपत्रवर्णैः सितासितैः।स्वभावविहितैश्चित्रैर्धातुभिः समलङ्कृतम्।।।।कामरूपिभिराविष्टमभीक्ष्णं सपरिच्छदैः।यक्षकिन्नरगन्धर्वैर्देवकल्पैश्च पन्नगैः।।।।
nīlalohitamāñjiṣṭhapatravarṇaiḥ sitāsitaiḥ |
svabhāvavihitaiś citrair dhātubhiḥ samalaṅkṛtam ||
kāmarūpibhir āviṣṭam abhīkṣṇaṃ saparicchadaiḥ |
yakṣakinnaragandharvair devakalpaiś ca pannagaiḥ ||
ആ പർവ്വതം സ്വഭാവസിദ്ധമായ അത്ഭുത ധാതുക്കളുടെ ചിത്രവർണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു—നീല, രക്ത, മഞ്ജിഷ്ഠ, ഇലനിറം, കൂടാതെ ശ്വേതവും കൃഷ്ണവും. അവിടെ ഇഷ്ടരൂപം ധരിക്കുവാൻ കഴിവുള്ള യക്ഷർ, കിന്നരർ, ഗന്ധർവർ, ദേവസദൃശനായ നാഗർ എന്നിവർ തങ്ങളുടെ പരിച്ഛദങ്ങളോടുകൂടെ നിരന്തരം സഞ്ചരിച്ചിരുന്നു.
The mountain was as though decorated with mineral rocks of varied colours like blue, red, yellow and green as well as black and white৷৷It was frequently visited by yakshas, kinneras, gandharvas and nagas surrounded by their retinue, capable of assuming any form at their free will rivalling gods and nagas in splendour.
FAQs
Dharma is reverence for a world ordered and inhabited by many grades of beings; nature and the unseen communities within it are portrayed as worthy of recognition, not exploitation.
Before/around the leap episode, the text describes the mountain landscape—its mineral beauty and the presence of celestial and semi-divine beings.
Not a single character’s virtue; rather, the epic’s worldview: harmony between the human quest and a cosmos populated by diverse beings.