manyuṁ praśamayann 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.