Shloka 39
Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ
Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response
Devanagari script
परिवेषो महांश्वापि सविद्युत्स्तनयित्नुमान्
Transliteration
pariveṣo mahāṁś cāpi savidyut-stanayitnumān
Translation
サञ्जयは言った。「また、巨大な光輪が現れた――稲妻と雷鳴を伴って。」戦記の中でこれは凶兆の天象として働き、自然そのものがこの争いの道義の重さと迫り来る破局を映し出しているかのようであった。
Word by Word
परिवेषःhalo; surrounding radiance (around the sun/moon)
परिवेषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरिवेष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महान्great, large
महान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सविद्युत्having lightning; with lightning
सविद्युत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसविद्युत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्तनयित्नुमान्thundering; possessing thunder
स्तनयित्नुमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्तनयित्नु-मत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
pariveṣa (halo)V
vidyut (lightning)S
stanayitnu (thunder/thundercloud)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
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata motif that adharma and massive violence are reflected in unsettling natural portents; the cosmos is portrayed as morally responsive, warning of destructive consequences.
Sañjaya reports a striking atmospheric phenomenon—a large halo with lightning and thunder—presented as a portent occurring amid the events of the Drona Parva war sequence.