Shloka 73
Devanagari script
विधूमामिह संयान्तीमुल्कां प्रजज्लितामिव
Transliteration
vidhūmām iha saṃyāntīm ulkāṃ prajajlitām iva
Translation
ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅದು ಧೂಮವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲಿತ ಉಲ್ಕೆಯಂತೆ ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವಂತೆ ಕಾಣಿಸಿತು।
Word by Word
विधूमाम्smokeless
विधूमाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविधूम
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
संयान्तीम्coming/approaching
संयान्तीम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-या
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)
उल्काम्a meteor/firebrand
उल्काम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउल्का
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्रजज्लिताम्blazing, kindled
प्रजज्लिताम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√ज्वल्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaU
ulkā (meteor/fiery portent)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 uses an omen-image to suggest that when adharma and unchecked violence intensify, nature itself seems to signal impending ruin; ethical disorder in human action is mirrored by unsettling signs in the world.
Sañjaya describes a striking celestial phenomenon—like a blazing, smokeless meteor moving across the sky—serving as a portent amid the catastrophic events of the Kurukṣetra war.