Shloka 71

Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

तथा शालांस्तमालांश्व पाटलान्‌ बकुलानपि । माला इव समासक्ता: शैलानां शिखरेषु च,इसी तरह शाल, तमाल, पाटल और बकुल आदि वृक्ष उन शैलशिखरोंपर धारण की हुई मालाकी भाँति शोभा पा रहे थे

Transliteration

tathā śālāṁs tamālāṁś ca pāṭalān bakulān api | mālā iva samāsaktāḥ śailānāṁ śikhareṣu ca ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Cũng vậy, các cây śāla, tamāla, pāṭala và bakula bám lấy những đỉnh núi, điểm trang chúng như những vòng hoa.” Cảnh ấy làm dày thêm cảm thức về khu rừng như một cõi sống có trật tự—vẻ đẹp và hòa điệu vẫn bền bỉ, dẫu giữa gian lao của kiếp lưu đày.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शालान्: śāla trees
• शालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तमालान्: tamāla trees
• तमालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाटलान्: pāṭala trees
• पाटलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाटल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बकुलान्: bakula trees
• बकुलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मालाः: garlands
• मालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• समासक्ताः: attached, clinging
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√सञ्ज् (समासज्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• शैलानाम्: of the mountains
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शिखरेषु: on the peaks
• शिखरेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• śāla tree
• tamāla tree
• pāṭala tree
• bakula tree
• mountain (śaila)
• mountain peak (śikhara)
• garland (mālā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse primarily offers poetic description rather than direct moral instruction, yet it implicitly affirms a dharmic vision of the world: nature displays order and beauty, suggesting steadiness and harmony even when human life is marked by trial (as in forest-exile).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) is describing a mountainous forest landscape where various trees appear densely set upon the summits, making the peaks look as if they are decorated with garlands.