Shloka 32

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

दहामाने वने तस्मिन्‌ ससालसरलठद्रुमे । सचन्दनवरे रम्ये दिव्यौषधिविदीपिते

Transliteration

dahāmāne vane tasmin saśālasaralaṭhadrume | sacandanavare ramye divyauṣadhividīpite ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：在那片森林中——遍布娑罗树、沙罗罗树等诸木，点缀以上等旃檀，复因天赐灵药草而光辉灿然——忽然起火。那可爱的林野四面俱焚。

Word by Word

• दहामाने: while burning / in the state of burning
• दहामाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: शानच् (आन), आत्मनेपद-प्रयोग (कर्तरि), नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (सम्-)

• साल: sal tree
• साल: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूप)

• सरल: pine/deodar-like tree (sarala)
• सरल: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूप)

• इट: iṭa tree (a kind of tree)
• इट: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इट
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूप)

• द्रुमे: in the tree-filled (forest) / in the grove
• द्रुमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (सम्-)

• चन्दन: sandalwood
• चन्दन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन
• Form: नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूप)

• वरे: excellent / best
• वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• रम्ये: beautiful, delightful
• रम्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूप)

• औषधि: herbs, medicinal plants
• औषधि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषधि
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूप)

• विदीपिते: illuminated, lit up
• विदीपिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + दीप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• forest (vana)
• fire (implied by dahāmāne)
• śāla trees
• sarala trees
• sandalwood (candana)
• divine medicinal herbs (divyauṣadhi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a sudden disaster in a sacred, resource-rich forest, implicitly highlighting dharma as timely, compassionate action—protecting beings and preserving what sustains life when crisis arises.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a beautiful forest—full of śāla and sarala trees, fine sandalwood, and luminous medicinal herbs—now engulfed by fire and burning in all directions.