Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ससागरवना घोरा पृथिवी सचराचरा

Transliteration

sasāgaravanā ghorā pṛthivī sacarācarā

Translation

Sañjaya said: The terrible earth—together with its oceans and forests, with all that moves and all that is unmoving—seemed to tremble in dread.

Word by Word

• ससागरवना: having seas and forests
• ससागरवना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ससागरवन
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• घोरा: terrible, dreadful
• घोरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सचराचरा: with the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
• सचराचरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सचराचर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pṛthivī (Earth)
• Sāgara (oceans)
• Vana (forests)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames war’s brutality as not merely human conflict but a disturbance of the moral and cosmic order: when adharma intensifies, even nature is portrayed as recoiling, reminding listeners that violence carries consequences beyond the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes a terrifying moment in which the whole earth—oceans, forests, and all beings—appears shaken, functioning as an ominous sign amid the climactic devastation of the Kurukṣetra war.