Shloka 44

Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path

Devanagari script

रथाज्रसाद्वदात्यूहा हंसकारण्डवप्लवा: | शुका: पुंस्कोकिला: क्रौज्चा विसंज्ञा भेजिरे दिश:,सूअर, मृगसमूह, जंगली भैंसे, बाघों तथा गीदड़ोंके समुदाय और गवय--ये सब-के- सब एक साथ चीत्कार करने लगे। चक्रवाक, चातक, हंस, कारण्डव, प्लव, शुक, कोकिल और क्रौंच आदि पक्षियोंने अचेत होकर भिन्न-भिन्न दिशाओंकी शरण ली

Transliteration

rathāgrasād vadāty ūhā haṃsakāraṇḍavaplavāḥ | śukāḥ puṃskokilāḥ krauñcā visaṃjñā bhejire diśaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: From the very front of the chariot there arose a loud, ominous outcry. Swans, kāraṇḍava-ducks, plava-birds, parrots, male cuckoos, and krauñca-cranes—struck as if senseless—fled to different directions. The scene signals a disturbance in the natural order, a foreboding that dharma is under strain and that impending events will bring fear and dislocation even to innocent creatures.

Word by Word

रथाजिरसाद्वदात्यूहाःflocks (of birds) having the sound like the creaking of chariots

हंसकारण्डवप्लवाःswans, karandavas (ducks), and plavas (water-birds)

शुकाःparrots

पुंस्कोकिलाःmale cuckoos

क्रौञ्चाःkrauncha birds (cranes/curlews)

विसंज्ञाःsenseless, unconscious

भेजिरेthey resorted to / took refuge in

दिशःdirections

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

ratha (chariot)

haṃsa (swans)

kāraṇḍava (ducks)

plava (water-birds)

śuka (parrots)

puṃskokila (male cuckoos)

krauñca (cranes)

diś (the directions/quarters)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes