Shloka 20

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

स्कन्धवान्‌ मेघसड्काश: शीतच्छायो मनोरम: । अरण्यमभितो जात: स तु व्यालमृगाकुल:

Transliteration

skandhavān meghasaṅkāśaḥ śītacchāyo manoramaḥ | araṇyam abhito jātaḥ sa tu vyālamṛgākulaḥ ||

Translation

स्कन्धवान् मेघसङ्काशः शीतच्छायो मनोरमः । अरण्यमभितो जातः स तु व्यालमृगाकुलः ॥

Word by Word

• स्कन्धवान्: having thick branches/trunk-shoulders
• स्कन्धवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्कन्धवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मेघसङ्काशः: cloud-like
• मेघसङ्काशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघ-सङ्काश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शीतच्छायः: having cool shade
• शीतच्छायः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीत-छाया
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनोरमः: charming, delightful
• मनोरमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अरण्यम्: forest
• अरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभितः: around, on all sides
• अभितः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः

• जातः: born/grown (having arisen)
• जातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he/that (tree)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• व्यालमृगाकुलः: filled with serpents and wild animals
• व्यालमृगाकुलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याल-मृग-आकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• tree
• forest (araṇya)
• serpents (vyāla)
• wild animals (mṛga)