Shloka 87
Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)
Devanagari script
रक्तपीतारुणा: पार्थ पादपाग्रगता: खगा:
Transliteration
raktapītāruṇāḥ pārtha pādapāgragatāḥ khagāḥ
Translation
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「おおパールタよ、血のように赤いもの、黄褐に染まるもの――その鳥たちが、木々の梢の先端にとまっているのが見えた。」
Word by Word
रक्तपीतारुणाःred, yellow, and tawny (colored)
रक्तपीतारुणाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरक्त + पीत + अरुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)
पार्थ:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पादपाग्रगताःgone to / situated on the tops of trees
पादपाग्रगताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपादप + अग्र + गत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
खगाःbirds
खगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootखग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaP
Pārtha (Arjuna)B
birds (khagāḥ)T
trees (pādapāḥ)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 the epic uses nature and unusual sights as moral and narrative signals: disturbances in the natural world are read as portents, prompting vigilance, restraint, and discernment (dharma) when circumstances feel unstable.
Vaiśampāyana reports to Pārtha (Arjuna) the sight of strangely colored birds perched on treetops. Such a detail typically serves to build suspense and indicate an ominous turn or approaching danger within the forest episode.