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
サञ्जयは言った。「おお、バーラタよ！ その場では山々の峰さえ砕け崩れ落ちるかのようであった。さらに獣たちは不吉にも左へと動き、パーンダヴァ軍の周りを巡り始めた――戦の暴虐が展開するさなかに、凶兆が重い影を落としていたのだ。」
Word by Word
शिखराणिpeaks, summits
शिखराणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिखर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
व्यशीर्यन्तwere shattered / broke apart
व्यशीर्यन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootशीॄ (शीर्यते)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada
गिरीणाम्of the mountains
गिरीणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
भारतO Bhārata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
अपसव्यम्counterclockwise, inauspiciously
अपसव्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपसव्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मृगाःdeer, wild animals
मृगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमृग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed, also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
पाण्डुसेनाम्the Pāṇḍava army
पाण्डुसेनाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डुसेना
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्रचक्रिरेmade, performed
प्रचक्रिरे:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaB
Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)P
Pāṇḍava armyM
mountainsW
wild animals (mṛgāḥ)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
The verse highlights how adharma-driven violence is often framed in the epic through ominous portents: nature and animal behavior mirror moral disorder, warning that war’s momentum carries suffering and grave consequences.
Sañjaya reports fearful signs on the battlefield: mountain summits seem to break apart, and animals circle the Pāṇḍava forces moving ‘to the left’ (apasavya), a traditional indicator of inauspiciousness.