Adi Parva Adhyaya 226 Shloka 52 - Mahabharata | Indonesian | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तेनाभिपतिता दावं शैलेन महता भृशम्‌ | शृद्रेण निहतास्तत्र प्राणिन: खाण्डवालया:,वहाँ गिरे हुए उस महान्‌ पर्वतशिखरके द्वारा खाण्डववनमें निवास करनेवाले बहुतसे प्राणी मारे गये

Transliteration

tenābhipatitā dāvaṃ śailena mahatā bhṛśam | śūdreṇa nihatās tatra prāṇinaḥ khāṇḍavālayāḥ |

Translation

Di sana, ketika puncak gunung yang besar itu jatuh menghantam kobaran api hutan dengan dahsyat, banyak makhluk yang tinggal di rimba Khāṇḍava tewas.

Word by Word

तेनby that (by him/it)

अभिपतिताःhaving fallen upon / having rushed down

दावम्forest-fire / conflagration

शैलेनby a mountain (rock)

महतāgreat

भृशम्exceedingly / greatly

शृद्रेणby Śṛdra (proper name) / by the Śṛdra (agent)

निहताःwere slain / killed

तत्रthere

प्राणिनःliving beings / creatures

खाण्डवालयाःdwelling in the Khāṇḍava (forest)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Khāṇḍava forest

forest-fire (dāva)

mountain/rocky peak (śaila)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical reality that large-scale violent actions can cause indiscriminate suffering, especially to vulnerable beings who are not direct participants in the conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

A huge mountain-peak crashes down with great force into the forest-fire, and many creatures living in the Khāṇḍava forest are killed as a result.