Shloka 26

Udyoga Parva 142: Vidura’s warning to Kuntī and Kuntī’s resolve to meet Karṇa

Gaṅgātīra encounter begins

Devanagari script

कृष्णग्रीवाश्व॒ शकुना रक्तपादा भयानका: । संध्यामभिमुखा यान्ति तत्‌ पराभवलक्षणम्‌,'संध्याकालमें काली ग्रीवा और लाल पैरवाले भयानक पक्षी सामने आ जाते हैं, वह भी पराजयका ही चिह्न है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kṛṣṇagrīvāśva-śakunā raktapādā bhayānakāḥ | sandhyām abhimukhā yānti tat parābhava-lakṣaṇam ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «Se ven aves aterradoras, de cuello negro y patas rojas, que avanzan de frente hacia la hora del crepúsculo. Tal presagio es señal de una derrota inminente».

Word by Word

• कृष्णग्रीवाः: black-necked
• कृष्णग्रीवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्णग्रीवा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्वशकुनाः: horse-omens (a kind of ominous birds)
• अश्वशकुनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वशकुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रक्तपादाः: red-footed
• रक्तपादाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्तपाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भयानकाः: terrifying
• भयानकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सन्ध्याम्: towards twilight/evening
• सन्ध्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ध्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिमुखाः: facing (towards)
• अभिमुखाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यान्ति: go / move
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पराभवलक्षणम्: a sign of defeat
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभवलक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• śakunāḥ (omen-birds)
• sandhyā (twilight)