Shloka 16
षट्पञ्चाशः सर्गः — वैदेही-आश्वासनम् तथा अरिष्टारोहणम्
Consoling Sita and Ascending Mount Arishta
मेघपादनिभैः पादैः प्रक्रान्तमिव सर्वतः।जृंम्भमाणमिवाऽकाशे शिखरैरभ्रमालिभिः।।।।
megha-pāda-nibhaiḥ pādaiḥ prakrāntam iva sarvataḥ |
jṛmbhamāṇam ivākāśe śikharair abhra-mālibhiḥ ||
മേഘങ്ങളുടെ പാദങ്ങളെപ്പോലെയുള്ള പാദപർവ്വതങ്ങളായ കാലുകളാൽ, എല്ലാദിക്കിലും ചുവടുവെച്ച് നടന്നു പോകുന്നതുപോലെ അത് തോന്നി; മേഘമാലകളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ട ശിഖരങ്ങളാൽ, ആകാശത്തേക്ക് ജംഭിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ ദൃശ്യമായി.
With the ranges of foot-hills appearing like the feet of clouds traversing, with its peaks like garlands of clouds traversing over the mountain, it made one feel it was yawning.
FAQs
Dharma involves right orientation—lifting one’s vision upward (ākāśa) toward higher aims. The mountain’s ‘striding’ and ‘yawning to the sky’ can be read as a metaphor for expansive, goal-directed effort.
The landscape is described in animated metaphors, continuing the atmospheric setting within Sundarakāṇḍa 56.
Utsāha (energetic resolve): the imagery of striding suggests forward movement aligned with purposeful mission.