Salmali - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.94.5202	And Avikshit begat Parikshit the powerful, Savalaswa, Adhiraja, Viraja, Salmali of great physical strength, Uchaihsravas, Bhangakara and Jitari the eighth.
Mbh.3.133.6754	Ashtavakra said, True growth cannot be inferred from the mere development of the body, as the growth of the knots of the Salmali tree cannot signify its age.
Mbh.5.75.3758	The hearts of mortals, O Partha, are surely as inconstant as the pods of the Salmali seed exposed to the force of the wind.
Mbh.6.12.616	Along with the kingdoms there, O king, the celestial clump of Kusa grass in Kusadwipa, and the Salmali tree in the island of Salmalika, are adored.
Mbh.7.167.8983	Indeed, O king, those two heroes in that encounter, both pierced with arrows, looked beautiful like a couple of Salmali trees with prickly thorns on them.
Mbh.8.90.5722	Pierced with those arrows equipped with heads like the calf's tooth, Adhiratha's son of broad chest looked resplendent like an Asoka or Palasa or Salmali decked with its flowery load or a mountain overgrown with a forest of sandal trees.
Mbh.9.16.977	Then those two heroes, the ruler of the Madras and Yudhishthira, mangled in that battle with each other's arrows and bathed in blood, looked like a Salmali and a Kinsuka tree decked with flowers.
Mbh.12.153.9251	Bhishma said, In this connection is cited, O chief of the Bharatas, the old story of the discourse between Salmali and Pavana.
Mbh.12.153.9252	There was a lordly Salmali tree on one of the heights of Himavat.
Mbh.12.153.9261	O foremost of trees, O Salmali, I am always delighted at thy sight!
Mbh.12.153.9272	Then, again, O Salmali, these elephants that are the ornaments of their species, bathed in sweat and indulging in cries of delight, approach thee and find happiness here.
Mbh.12.154.9276	SECTION CLV Narada said, Without doubt, O Salmali, the terrible and irresistible god of the wind always protects thee from friendliness or amity.
Mbh.12.154.9277	It seems, O Salmali, that a close intimacy has come to subsist between thee and the Wind.
Mbh.12.154.9280	Without doubt thou standest here with all thy branches and twigs and leaves, simply because, O Salmali, thou art protected by the Wind for some reason or reasons unknown to us'
Mbh.12.154.9281	The Salmali said, The Wind, O regenerate one, is neither my friend nor mate nor well-wisher.
Mbh.12.154.9288	Narada said, O Salmali, thy protection seems to be thoroughly perverse.
Mbh.12.154.9293	Whatever creature in this world, O Salmali, does whatever act, the illustrious Wind-god it is that is at all times the cause of that act, since it is he that is the giver of life.
Mbh.12.154.9299	Thy intelligence being confounded by wrath and other evil passions, thou speakest only untruths, O Salmali!
Mbh.12.155.9307	SECTION CLVI Bhishma continued, Having said these words unto the Salmali.
Mbh.12.155.9308	that foremost of all persons conversant with Brahma, viz, Narada, represented unto the god of the wind all that the Salmali had said about him'
Mbh.12.155.9309	Narada said, There is a certain Salmali on the breast of Himavat, adorned with branches and leaves.
Mbh.12.155.9316	Bhishma continued, Hearing these words of Narada, the god of wind, wending to that Salmali, addressed him in rage and said as follows'
Mbh.12.155.9317	The Wind-god said, O Salmali, thou hast spoken in derogation of me before Narada.
Mbh.12.155.9327	Bhishma continued, Thus addressed, the Salmali laughed in derision and replied, saying, O god of the wind, thou art angry with me.
Mbh.12.155.9338	The Salmali, concluding mentally what the extent is of the Wind's might and beholding his own self to be inferior to the god, began to say to himself, All that I said to Narada is false.
Mbh.12.156.9348	SECTION CLVII Bhishma said, Having settled this in his mind, the Salmali.
Mbh.12.156.9351	Filled with rage and breathing hard, the Wind advanced, felling large trees, towards that spot where the Salmali stood.
Mbh.12.156.9353	The Wind said, Filled with rage, O Salmali, I would have done to thee precisely what thou hast done to thyself by lopping off all thy branches.
Mbh.12.156.9356	Bhishma continued, Hearing these words of the Wind, the Salmali felt great shame.
Mbh.12.156.9358	Even in this way, O tiger among kings, a weak and foolish person, by provoking the enmity of a powerful one, is at last obliged to repent like the Salmali in fable.
Mbh.14.43.1719	There is no doubt in this that in this world, the Nyagrodha, the Jamvu, the Pippala, the Salmali, and Sinsapa, the Meshasringa, and the Kichaka, are the foremost ones among trees
Mbh.18.3.128	The river Vaitarani, the thorny Salmali, the iron jars, and the boulders of rock, so terrible to behold, also vanished from sight.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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