तत: समन्ताद्देवधूमकेतु- र्यदृच्छयाभूत् क्षयकृद् वनौकसाम् । समीरित: सारथिनोल्बणोल्मुकै- र्विलेलिहान: स्थिरजङ्गमान् महान् ॥ ७ ॥
tataḥ samantād dava-dhūmaketur yadṛcchayābhūt kṣaya-kṛd vanaukasām samīritaḥ sārathinolbaṇolmukair vilelihānaḥ sthira-jaṅgamān mahān
- tataḥ
- then
- samantāt
- on all sides
- dava-dhūmaketuḥ
- a terrible forest fire
- yadṛcchayā
- suddenly
- abhūt
- appeared
- kṣaya-kṛt
- threatening destruction
- vana-okasām
- for all those present in the forest
- samīritaḥ
- driven
- sārathinā
- by its chariot driver, the wind
- ulbaṇa
- terrible
- ulmukaiḥ
- with meteorlike sparks
- vilelihānaḥ
- licking
- sthira-jaṅgamān
- all moving and nonmoving creatures
- mahān
- very great
Suddenly a great forest fire appeared on all sides, threatening to destroy all the forest creatures. Like a chariot driver, the wind swept the fire onward, and terrible sparks shot in all directions. Indeed, the great fire extended its tongues of flame toward all moving and nonmoving creatures.