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Shloka 4

कद्रू-इन्द्र-स्तुतिः तथा नागानां तापनिवृत्तिः

Kadrū’s Hymn to Indra and the Nāgas’ Distress

तिमिड्िलझषाकीर्ण मकरैरावृतं तथा । सत्त्वैश्व बहुसाहस्रनैनानारूपै: समावृतम्‌,वह तिमि नामक बड़े-बड़े मत्स्योंको भी निगल जानेवाले तिमिंगिलों, मत्स्यों तथा मगर आदिसे व्याप्त था। नाना प्रकारकी आकृतिवाले सहस्रों जल-जन्तु उसमें भरे हुए थे

śaunaka uvāca | timiṅgilajhaṣākīrṇaṁ makarair āvṛtaṁ tathā | sattvaiś ca bahusāhasrair nānārūpaiḥ samāvṛtam ||

เศานกะกล่าวว่า “ผืนน้ำนั้นแน่นขนัดด้วยทิมิงคิละ—อสูรทะเล—และปลามหึมา อีกทั้งถูกปกคลุมด้วยมกรา สัตว์น้ำดุร้ายคล้ายจระเข้ รอบด้านเต็มไปด้วยสัตว์น้ำหลากรูปนับพันนับหมื่น”

तिमिङ्गिल-झष-आकीर्णम्filled with timiṅgila-whales and fishes
तिमिङ्गिल-झष-आकीर्णम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootतिमिङ्गिल + झष + आकीर्ण
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
मकरैःby/with crocodiles (makaras)
मकरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमकर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
आवृतम्covered, surrounded
आवृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआ√वृ (आवृत)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तथाand also; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सत्त्वैःby/with creatures (beings)
सत्त्वैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बहु-साहस्र-नाना-रूपैःwith many thousands of various forms
बहु-साहस्र-नाना-रूपैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु + साहस्र + नाना + रूप
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
समावृतम्completely covered, filled all around
समावृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ√वृ (समावृत)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

शौनक उवाच

Ś
Śaunaka
T
timiṅgila
J
jhaṣa (fish)
M
makara
A
aquatic creatures (sattvāni)

Educational Q&A

The verse primarily builds epic atmosphere rather than giving a direct moral injunction: it evokes the vastness and peril of the waters by listing formidable and diverse aquatic beings, cultivating awe and attentiveness to the scale of the world described in the Mahābhārata’s frame narrative.

Śaunaka describes a body of water as densely populated by timiṅgilas, large fish, makaras, and countless other water-creatures of many shapes—an imagistic catalogue that emphasizes abundance, danger, and the marvels of the natural (and mythic) world.