Shloka 5

ट्रुमा: शाखाश्न मुमुचु: शिखराणि च पर्वता: । निर्घातशब्दैश्व गिरिहिमवान्‌ दीर्यतीव ह,वृक्षोंने अपनी शाखाएँ अपने-आप तोड़कर गिरा दीं। पर्वतोंने अपने शिखर भंग कर दिये। वज्रपातके शब्दोंसे गिरिराज हिमालय विदीर्ण-सा होता जान पड़ता था

drumāḥ śākhāś ca mumucuḥ śikharāṇi ca parvatāḥ | nirghātaśabdaiś ca girir himavān dīryatīva ha ||

Bhishma dit : Les arbres semblaient laisser tomber leurs branches d’eux-mêmes, et les montagnes brisaient leurs sommets. Dans le fracas du tonnerre, le roi des montagnes—l’Himālaya—paraissait comme sur le point d’être fendu. La scène portait un présage sombre, ébranlant le monde, comme si la nature elle-même reculait devant un tournant décisif.

द्रुमाःtrees
द्रुमाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शाखाःbranches
शाखाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशाखा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मुमुचुःreleased/let fall
मुमुचुः:
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
शिखराणिpeaks/summits
शिखराणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशिखर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पर्वताःmountains
पर्वताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
निर्घातशब्दैःwith thunderclap-like sounds
निर्घातशब्दैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्घातशब्द
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गिरिःthe mountain
गिरिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिमवान्Himavat (the Himalaya)
हिमवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहिमवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दीर्यतिsplits/is torn
दीर्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootदॄ
FormPresent (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
indeed/for emphasis
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
H
Himavān (Himālaya)
T
trees
M
mountains
P
peaks
T
thunderbolt-like crash (nirghāta)

Educational Q&A

When adharma or a momentous moral crisis reaches a peak, its consequences are not merely personal or political; the tradition portrays the whole world-order as trembling. The imagery teaches attentiveness to ethical gravity: actions that violate dharma reverberate through society and symbolically through nature.

Bhīṣma describes terrifying natural signs: trees drop branches, mountains lose their summits, and the Himālaya seems to crack amid thunderous crashes. These are presented as ominous portents accompanying or foretelling a major upheaval.