Shloka 41

कामीकवन-समागमः

Kāmyaka Forest Meeting: Kṛṣṇa’s Visit; Mārkaṇḍeya and Nārada Arrive

Devanagari script

दारुणं ह्ुशिवं नादं शिवा दक्षिणत: स्थिता । दीप्तायां दिशि वित्रस्ता रौति तस्याश्रमस्य ह,उनके आश्रमसे दक्षिण दिशामें, जहाँ आग लगी हुई थी, एक डरी हुई सियारिन खड़ी हो दारुण अमंगलसूचक आर्तनाद करने लगी

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: dāruṇaṃ hy aśivaṃ nādaṃ śivā dakṣiṇataḥ sthitā | dīptāyāṃ diśi vitrastā rauti tasyāśramasya ha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: A frightened she-jackal, standing to the south, began to cry out with a harsh, inauspicious wail, as the direction blazed with fire near that hermitage—an ominous sign foretelling impending danger and disorder.

Word by Word

दारुणम्terrible, dreadful

हिindeed, for

अशिवम्inauspicious

नादम्sound, cry

शिवाa female jackal

दक्षिणतःto the south, on the southern side

स्थिताstanding, stationed

दीप्तायाम्in the blazing (one)

दिशिin the direction/quarter

वित्रस्ताfrightened, terrified

रौतिcries, howls

तस्यof that (his/its)

आश्रमस्यof the hermitage

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

āśrama (hermitage)

śivā (she-jackal)

dakṣiṇa diś (southern direction)

agni (fire, implied by dīptāyāṃ diśi)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes