Shloka 60

Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve

Gandharva Encounter

Devanagari script

चचाल व्यनदच्चोर्वी तमोभूतं जगद्‌ बभौ । ततस्तद्‌ दारुणं दृष्टवा क्षुभित: शड्करस्तदा

Transliteration

cacāla vyanadac corvī tamobhūtaṁ jagad babhau | tatas tad dāruṇaṁ dṛṣṭvā kṣubhitaḥ śaṅkaras tadā ||

Translation

大地は揺れ、轟き、世界は闇に包まれたかのように見えた。その凄惨な凶兆を見て、シャンカラ（シヴァ）はその時、心を騒がせた—事の成り行きにおける不吉な転機であった。

Word by Word

• चचाल: shook/moved
• चचाल: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• व्यनदत्: roared/resounded
• व्यनदत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उर्वी: the earth
• उर्वी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तमोभूतम्: become dark
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तमस्-भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बभौ: became/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दारुणम्: terrible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Parasmaipada (usage)

• क्षुभितः: agitated/disturbed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुभ्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• शङ्कर (Śaṅkara/Śiva)
• उर्वी (the Earth)
• जगत् (the world)