Shloka 45

कामीकवन-समागमः

Kāmyaka Forest Meeting: Kṛṣṇa’s Visit; Mārkaṇḍeya and Nārada Arrive

Devanagari script

हृदयं चरणश्नमापि वामो5स्य परितप्यति । सव्यस्याक्ष्णो विकारश्नाप्यनिष्ट: समपद्यत,उनके हृदय तथा बायें पैरमें पीड़ा होने लगी। बायीं आँखमें अनिष्टसूचक विकार उत्पन्न हो गया

Transliteration

hṛdayaṃ caraṇaśūlam api vāmo ’sya paritapyati | savyasyākṣṇo vikāraś cāpy aniṣṭaḥ samapadyata ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。彼の胸は痛みはじめ、左足もまた苦痛に襲われた。さらに左目には不吉な痙攣と乱れが生じた――迫り来る災厄と、事の成り行きに潜む道義の危うさを告げる凶兆であった。

Word by Word

हृदयम्heart

चरणम्foot

अपिalso/even

वामःleft

अस्यof him

परितप्यतिburns/aches (is pained)

सव्यस्यof the right (side)

अक्ष्णःof the eye

विकारःabnormal change/affliction

अपिalso

अनिष्टःinauspicious

समपद्यतarose/occurred

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s recurring ethical motif that inner disturbance and bodily omens (nimitta) can mirror an approaching crisis, urging vigilance and discernment before actions that may lead to adharma or suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that the person being described is suddenly afflicted with pain in the heart and left foot, and an inauspicious change (twitching/derangement) appears in the left eye—traditional signs that foreshadow misfortune in the immediate storyline.