Shloka 3

Devanagari script

शिखराणि व्यशीर्यन्त गिरीणां तत्र भारत | अपसव्यं मृगाश्चैव पाण्डुसेनां प्रचक्रिरे

Transliteration

śikharāṇi vyaśīryanta girīṇāṁ tatra bhārata | apasavyaṁ mṛgāś caiva pāṇḍusenāṁ pracakrire ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, there the very mountain-peaks seemed to crumble and fall away. And beasts, moving inauspiciously to the left, began to circle the army of the Pāṇḍavas—portents that cast an ominous shadow over the unfolding violence of war.”

Word by Word

• शिखराणि: peaks, summits
• शिखराणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• व्यशीर्यन्त: were shattered / broke apart
• Type: Verb
• Root: शीॄ (शीर्यते)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• गिरीणाम्: of the mountains
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अपसव्यम्: counterclockwise, inauspiciously
• अपसव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपसव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मृगाः: deer, wild animals
• मृगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पाण्डुसेनाम्: the Pāṇḍava army
• पाण्डुसेनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुसेना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रचक्रिरे: made, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Pāṇḍava army
• mountains
• wild animals (mṛgāḥ)