Shloka 27
मारीचाश्रमगमनम्
Ravana’s Journey to Maricha’s Hermitage
तत्रापश्यत्स मेघाभं न्यग्रोधमृषिभिर्वृतम्।।।।समन्ताद्यस्य ताश्शाखाश्शतयोजनमायताः।
tatrāpaśyat sa meghābhaṁ nyagrodham ṛṣibhir vṛtam |
samantād yasya tāḥ śākhāḥ śatayojanam āyatāḥ ||
ထိုနေရာ၌ မိုးတိမ်ရောင်သဏ္ဌာန်ရှိသော ညောင်ပင်တစ်ပင်ကို မြင်ရ၍ ရှင်ရသီတို့က ဝန်းရံနေကြသကဲ့သို့၊ ၎င်း၏ မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်အနှံ့ မျက်ခွဲမောင်းများသည် ယောဇနာတစ်ရာအထိ ဖြန့်ကျက်နေ하였다။
He saw a banyan tree with its branches spread on all sides measuring a hundredyojanas, looking like a cloud and providing shelter to the sages.
FAQs
Sages gathered under a vast tree evokes dharma as refuge and order: tapas and righteous living create ‘shelter’ for the world, symbolized by the expansive banyan canopy.
Rāvaṇa encounters a remarkable banyan tree associated with sages, marking a spiritually charged landmark on his route.
The sages’ virtue: ascetic discipline and sanctity (tapas, śama), implied by their presence and the sacred atmosphere.