Shloka 9

Devanagari script

उदतिष्ठत संघर्षात्‌ सुमहान्‌ हव्यवाहन: । तद्‌ वन॑ वृक्षसम्पूर्ण लताविटपसंकुलम्‌

Transliteration

udatiṣṭhata saṅgharṣāt sumahān havyavāhanaḥ | tad vanaṁ vṛkṣasampūrṇaṁ latāviṭapasaṅkulam ||

Translation

उदतिष्ठत संघर्षात् सुमहान् हव्यवाहनः । तद्वनं वृक्षसम्पूर्णं लताविटपसंकुलम् ॥

Word by Word

• उदतिष्ठत: arose, stood up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (स्था)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संघर्षात्: from friction, from rubbing
• संघर्षात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संघर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत् (महान्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हव्यवाहनः: Agni (the carrier of oblations)
• हव्यवाहनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वृक्षसम्पूर्णम्: filled with trees
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृक्षसम्पूर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• लताविटपसंकुलम्: dense with creepers and branches
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लताविटपसंकुल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Agni (Havyavāhana)
• forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the image of fire born from friction to suggest that conflict and uncontrolled force can quickly escalate and destroy even a flourishing environment; it implicitly commends restraint and foresight as ethical safeguards.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a great fire arising from intense friction and spreading into a forest thick with trees, creepers, and branches, setting the scene for an illustrative example about how destructive power can propagate through dense conditions.