Shloka 45

उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents

Devanagari script

ध्यायन्त: प्रकिरन्तश्न व्याला वेपथुसंयुता: । दीनास्तुरड्रमा: सर्वे वारणा: सलिलाश्रया:,दुष्ट हाथी काँपते और चिन्ता करते हुए भयके मारे मल-मूत्र त्याग कर रहे हैं, घोड़े अत्यन्त दीन हो रहे हैं और सम्पूर्ण गजराज पसीने-पसीने हो रहे हैं

Transliteration

dhyāyantaḥ prakirantaś ca vyālā vepathusaṁyutāḥ | dīnāś turagamāḥ sarve vāraṇāḥ salilāśrayāḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “The beasts, seized by trembling fear, stand brooding and, in panic, void their filth. The horses have become utterly dejected, and the great elephants—clinging to water for relief—are drenched in sweat. The scene signals an ominous moral atmosphere: when adharma gathers for war, even animals reflect the dread and disorder that precede calamity.”

Word by Word

ध्यायन्तःthinking, brooding

प्रकिरन्तःscattering, voiding (discharging)

चand

व्यालाःwild beasts / fierce creatures

वेपथु-संयुताःendowed with trembling

दीनाःwretched, dejected

तुरङ्गमाःhorses

सर्वेall

वारणाःelephants

सलिल-आश्रयाःhaving water as refuge / resorting to water

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

wild beasts (vyāla)

horses (turaga)

elephants (vāraṇa)

water (salila)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes