Shloka 41

कामीकवन-समागमः

Kāmyaka Forest Meeting: Kṛṣṇa’s Visit; Mārkaṇḍeya and Nārada Arrive

Devanagari script

दारुणं ह्ुशिवं नादं शिवा दक्षिणत: स्थिता । दीप्तायां दिशि वित्रस्ता रौति तस्याश्रमस्य ह,उनके आश्रमसे दक्षिण दिशामें, जहाँ आग लगी हुई थी, एक डरी हुई सियारिन खड़ी हो दारुण अमंगलसूचक आर्तनाद करने लगी

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: dāruṇaṃ hy aśivaṃ nādaṃ śivā dakṣiṇataḥ sthitā | dīptāyāṃ diśi vitrastā rauti tasyāśramasya ha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Eine erschrockene Schakalin, die im Süden stand, begann mit rauem, unheilverkündendem Heulen zu schreien. Und da jene Richtung nahe der Einsiedelei im Feuer loderte, war dies ein böses Vorzeichen für nahende Gefahr und Unordnung.

Word by Word

दारुणम्terrible, dreadful

हिindeed, for

अशिवम्inauspicious

नादम्sound, cry

शिवाa female jackal

दक्षिणतःto the south, on the southern side

स्थिताstanding, stationed

दीप्तायाम्in the blazing (one)

दिशिin the direction/quarter

वित्रस्ताfrightened, terrified

रौतिcries, howls

तस्यof that (his/its)

आश्रमस्यof the hermitage

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

āśrama (hermitage)

śivā (she-jackal)

dakṣiṇa diś (southern direction)

agni (fire, implied by dīptāyāṃ diśi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the epic convention that nature and animals can signal moral and social disturbance: an inauspicious cry amid fire near a hermitage suggests that adharma or danger is approaching, urging vigilance and discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

A she-jackal stands to the south of the hermitage and howls in fear with a dreadful, ill-omened sound while a direction is seen blazing with fire—an ominous atmospheric detail foreshadowing trouble for those at the āśrama.