Shloka 8

Devanagari script

समीननागनक्रं च खमिवारोप्यते जलम्‌ | वायुना चैव महता पक्षवातेन चानिशम्‌,पाँखोंके हिलानेसे निरन्तर उठती हुई प्रचण्ड वायुके वेगसे मत्स्य, जलहस्ती तथा मगरोंसहित समुद्रका जल तुम्हारे द्वारा मानो आकाशमें उछाल दिया जाता है

Transliteration

samīnanāganakraṃ ca kham ivāropyate jalam | vāyunā caiva mahatā pakṣavātena cāniśam ||

Translation

ด้วยกระแสลมอันเกรียงไกรที่เกิดจากการกระพือปีกของท่านไม่ขาดสาย น้ำมหาสมุทร—พร้อมด้วยปลา ช้างน้ำ และจระเข้—ดูราวกับถูกท่านเหวี่ยงพุ่งขึ้นสู่ท้องฟ้า

Word by Word

समीनlevel, even (surface)

नागelephant (lit. nāga)

नक्रम्crocodile

चand

खम्sky

इवas if, like

आरोप्यतेis made to rise / is thrown up

जलम्water

वायुनाby the wind

चand

एवindeed, just

महताgreat, mighty

पक्षवातेनby the wing-wind (gust caused by flapping wings)

चand

अनिशम्constantly, without pause

Speaker

गालव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gālava

ocean/sea (samudra implied by context)

fish (samīna)

water-elephants (nāga/jalahastin sense)

crocodiles (nakra)

sky (kha)

wind (vāyu)

wings (pakṣa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses hyperbolic nature imagery to highlight overwhelming power; ethically, such power should be governed by dharma—directed toward rightful ends and tempered by self-control rather than pride or harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gālava addresses a powerful winged being (implied by ‘wing-wind’), describing how its constant wingbeats create such a fierce gale that the sea’s waters, along with aquatic creatures, appear to be hurled up into the sky—an expression of awe and emphasis on might.