पवनशाल्मलिसंवाद (pavanazAlmalisaMvAda)
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Mahabharata
English[Pavana-śālmali-saṃvāda(ḥ)] (“the discourse between the Wind-god and the śālmali-tree”). § 654b (Āpaddh.): Bhīshma said: There was a lordly śālmali-tree on the Himavat. One day Nārada praised it, saying that Pavana must be its friend and protector, since he spared it, though he eradicates the tallest and strongest trees (XII, 154). The śālmali said that the Wind was not its friend, but that it was stronger itself than the Wind. Nārada warned him, saying that the Wind was stronger than even Indra, etc. () (XII, 155). Informed by Nārada, the Wind came and rebuked the śālmali-tree, saying that he had spared it because Brahmán, while creating the world, had for a time rested under it. The śālmali laughed and challenged the Wind to show his power, which the Wind threatened to do next day. When night came the śālmali reflected that all that it had said to Nārada was false, that it was in reality weaker than other trees, and inferior in might to the Wind
“but in intelligence no tree is my equal” (XII, 156). The śālmali then caused all its branches to be cut off. The Wind smiled
the śālmali felt great shame, and, remembering the words of Nārada, repented greatly of his folly.
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