Shloka 39
उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis
Devanagari script
तृणं च मुसलीभूतमपि तत्र व्यदृश्यत
Transliteration
tṛṇaṃ ca musalībhūtam api tatra vyadṛśyata
Translation
そしてそこでは、草の葉さえ棍棒へと変じて見えた――平凡なものが破滅の器となったという凶兆であり、まるで運命そのものが無害を害へと転じたかのようであった。
Word by Word
तृणम्grass
तृणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतृण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मुसलीभूतम्having become a club/mace (mace-formed)
मुसलीभूतम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमुसलीभू
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
व्यदृश्यतwas seen/appeared
व्यदृश्यत:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormImperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive (impersonal/karmaṇi usage)
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
T
tṛṇa (grass)M
musala (club/pestle)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
When collective wrongdoing ripens, even neutral or harmless things can become causes of harm; the verse underscores the inevitability of karmic consequence and the ominous turning of the ordinary into instruments of destruction.
In the Mausala Parva’s account of the Yādavas’ end, the narrator reports a portent: grass in that place is seen as if transformed into clubs, foreshadowing the impending internecine slaughter with musalas.