Shloka 46

उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis

Devanagari script

तन्निघ्नन्तं महातेजा बभ्रु: परपुरञ्जय:

Transliteration

tan nighnantaṃ mahātejā babhruḥ parapurañjayaḥ

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「相手を打ち倒しているそのさなか、強大な光輝を帯び、敵の城砦を攻略する者バブリュが、まさにそのように振る舞う姿が見られた。」この一句は暴力の陰惨な加速を示す。力と勝利を讃えられる英雄でさえ、殺す行為のただ中に描かれ、『マウサラ』の物語を貫く道義の崩壊と自己破滅を予兆するのである。

Word by Word

• तत्: him/that (person)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निघ्नन्तम्: striking, slaying
• निघ्नन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• महातेजाः: the great-splendored (one)
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बभ्रुः: Babhru (proper name)
• बभ्रुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बभ्रु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परपुरञ्जयः: conqueror of enemy cities
• परपुरञ्जयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परपुरञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Babhru

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Heroic epithets and martial glory do not sanctify violence; the Mausala Parva frames such acts as part of an inexorable moral and social unraveling, where power becomes an instrument of ruin rather than protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes Babhru, a formidable Yādava warrior, in the act of striking down someone during the internecine slaughter, highlighting the intensity of the fighting and the tragic self-destruction of the clan.