Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततो मही प्रविचलिता सकानना महाद्रिपाताभिहता समनन्‍्ततः । परस्परं भृशमभिगर्जतां मुहू रणाजिरे भूशमभिसम्प्रवर्तिते,उस समय एक-दूसरेको लक्ष्य करके बार-बार जोर-जोरसे गरजनेवाले देवताओं और असुरोंके उस समरांगणमें सब ओर भयंकर मार-काट मच रही थी; बड़े-बड़े पर्वतोंके गिरनेसे आहत हुई वनसहित सारी भूमि काँपने लगी

Transliteration

tato mahī pravicalitā sakānanā mahādripātābhihatā samanantataḥ | parasparaṁ bhṛśam abhigarjatāṁ muhūr raṇājire bhīṣaṇam abhisampravartite ||

Translation

Then the earth, with its forests, began to tremble, struck on every side by the crashing fall of great mountains. In that battlefield, as gods and asuras repeatedly roared at one another in fierce challenge, a dreadful slaughter surged everywhere—an image of war’s unchecked violence overwhelming the very stability of the world.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

महीthe earth

प्रविचलिताshaken, set trembling

सकाननाtogether with forests

महाद्रिपाताभिहताstruck by the falling of great mountains

समन्ततःon all sides, everywhere

परस्परम्mutually, at each other

भृशम्excessively, greatly

अभिगर्जताम्of those roaring loudly

मुहुःagain and again, repeatedly

रणाजिरेin the battlefield

भूशम्greatly, intensely

अभिसम्प्रवर्तितेarose, came into full activity (began intensely)

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

द

देवाः (gods)

अ

असुराः (asuras)

म

महाद्रयः (great mountains)

म

मही (earth)

क

कानन (forests)

र

रणाजिर (battlefield)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how unrestrained conflict destabilizes the world itself: when pride and hostility dominate, violence spreads beyond combatants and harms the broader order (loka-saṁsthā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka describes a fierce battle between devas and asuras: they roar challenges at each other, slaughter intensifies across the field, and the earth shakes as massive mountains crash down on all sides.