Shloka 96

Devanagari script

भूलिड्रशकुनाश्चान्ये सामुद्रा: पर्वतोद्धवा: । कहीं मनुष्योंके समान मुखवाले “भारुण्ड' नामक पक्षी बोलते थे। कहीं समुद्रतट और पर्वतोंपर रहनेवाले भूलिड़ पक्षी तथा अन्य विहंगम चहचहा रहे थे

Transliteration

bhūliḍraśakunāś cānye sāmudrāḥ parvatoddhavāḥ |

Translation

ভীষ্ম ক’লে—কিছুমান ঠাইত মানুহৰ দৰে মুখ থকা ‘ভাৰুণ্ড’ নামৰ পক্ষী কথা কৈ আছিল। কিছুমান ঠাইত সাগৰতীৰ আৰু পৰ্বতত বাস কৰা ভূূলিড় পক্ষী আৰু আন বিহঙ্গবোৰে মধুৰ কলৰৱ কৰিছিল।

Word by Word

भूलिड्रशकुनाःBhūliḍra-birds (a kind of bird)

चand

अन्येothers

सामुद्राःmarine; sea-dwelling

पर्वतोद्धवाःmountain-born / arising from mountains

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

bhūliḍra birds

śakuna (birds/omen-birds)

sea/coast (samudra)

mountains (parvata)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contributes to a broader Shānti Parva vision in which dharma is contemplated against the backdrop of the natural and cosmic world. By depicting diverse creatures in their proper habitats (sea-shore, mountains), it implicitly reinforces the idea of order (niyati/ṛta-like regularity) and the many signs through which the world can be read—encouraging attentiveness, restraint, and reflection in ethical life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing a scene rich with sounds of birds from different regions—coastal and mountainous—suggesting a vivid landscape and an atmosphere where natural phenomena may be taken as meaningful signs. The line is part of a descriptive passage rather than a direct injunction, setting tone and context for the surrounding discourse.