स योजनशतोत्सेध: पादोनविटपायत: । पर्यक्कृताचलच्छायो निर्नीडस्तापवर्जित: ॥ ३२ ॥
sa yojana-satotsedhah padona-vitapayatah paryak-krtacala-cchayo nirnidas tapa-varjitah
- sah
- that banyan tree
- yojana-sata
- one hundred yojanas (eight hundred miles)
- utsedhah
- height
- pada-una
- less by a quarter (six hundred miles)
- vitapa
- by the branches
- ayatah
- spread out
- paryak
- all around
- krta
- made
- acala
- unshaken
- chayah
- the shadow
- nirnidah
- without bird nests
- tapa-varjitah
- without heat.
That banyan tree was eight hundred miles high, and its branches spread over six hundred miles around. The tree cast a fine shade which permanently cooled the temperature, yet there was no noise of birds.