Shloka 91
Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)
Devanagari script
बहुतालसमुत्सेधा: शैलशृज्गभपरिच्युता:
Transliteration
bahutālasamutsedhāḥ śailaśṛṅgabhaparicyutāḥ
Translation
ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “พวกมันสูงตระหง่านดุจต้นตาลนับมาก ราวกับหลุดร่วงตกลงมาจากยอดเขา”
Word by Word
बहु-ताल-समुत्सेधाःhaving a great height (as of many tāla-measures)
बहु-ताल-समुत्सेधाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसमुत्सेध (प्रातिपदिक); बहु, ताल (पूर्वपद-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शैल-शृङ्ग-भ-परिच्युताःfallen/slipped down from the mountain-peaks
शैल-शृङ्ग-भ-परिच्युताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरिच्युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √च्यु 'to fall/slide' with परि-); शैल, शृङ्ग, भ (पूर्वपद-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
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Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a vivid simile—lofty beings or objects brought down like huge masses fallen from mountain-peaks—to highlight impermanence and the humbling power of circumstance; even what seems unshakable can be cast down.
Vaiśampāyana describes figures (implied from context) as extraordinarily tall and then as having fallen from mountain summits, intensifying the scene’s scale and the sense of sudden downfall or destruction.