ताभ्यां निर्दह्यमानांस्तानुपलभ्य कुरूद्वह । राजोवाच महान् सोमो मन्युं प्रशमयन्निव ॥ ६ ॥
tabhyam nirdahyamanams tan upalabhya kurudvaha rajovaca mahan somo manyum prasamayann iva
- tabhyam
- by the wind and fire
- nirdahyamanan
- being burned
- tan
- them (the trees)
- upalabhya
- seeing
- kurudvaha
- O Maharaja Pariksit
- raja
- the king of the forest
- uvaca
- said
- mahan
- the great
- somah
- predominating deity of the moon, Somadeva
- manyum
- the anger
- prasamayan
- pacifying
- iva
- like.
My dear King Pariksit, when Soma, the king of the trees and predominating deity of the moon, saw the fire and wind burning all the trees to ashes, he felt great sympathy because he is the maintainer of all herbs and trees. To appease the anger of the Pracetas, Soma spoke as follows.