Shloka 49

Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)

Devanagari script

चकार भैरवं नादं सर्वभूतभयंकरम्‌

Transliteration

cakāra bhairavaṁ nādaṁ sarvabhūtabhayaṅkaram

Translation

તેણે એવો ભૈરવ નાદ કર્યો કે જે સર્વ પ્રાણીઓ માટે ભયંકર હતો.

Word by Word

• चकार: made, uttered
• चकार: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करोति)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भैरवम्: terrible, dreadful
• भैरवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भैरव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नादम्: sound, roar
• नादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वभूतभयंकरम्: frightening to all beings
• सर्वभूतभयंकरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वभूतभयंकर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

दक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical ripple-effect of terror: a fearsome outburst does not remain private but disturbs and intimidates all beings, implying that restraint and non-harm protect the wider moral and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dakṣa describes an event in which a figure emits a dreadful roar—so intense that it becomes a source of fear for all creatures—marking a moment of heightened threat or wrath within the episode being recounted.