Shloka 107

अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्

Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

जयद्रथममित्रघ्नं वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । नृपमन्तर्हिता वाणी मेघदुन्दुभिनि:स्वना,“इसके जन्मकालमें मेघके समान गम्भीर स्वरवाली अदृश्य आकाशवाणीने शत्रुसूदन जयद्रथके विषयमें राजाको सम्बोधित करके इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

jayadratham amitraghnaṁ vāg uvāca aśarīriṇī | nṛpam antarhitā vāṇī meghadundubhiniḥsvanā ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ມີສຽງອັນບໍ່ມີຮ່າງກາຍໄດ້ເອີ້ນເຖິງໄຊຍະດຣະຖະ ຜູ້ປາບສັດຕູ. ສຽງນັ້ນລີ້ລັບຈາກສາຍຕາ—ທຸ້ມໜັກ ແລະກັງວານດັ່ງສຽງກອງຟ້າໃນເມກ—ໄດ້ກ່າວຕໍ່ກະສັດເຖິງໄຊຍະດຣະຖະ, ປານດັ່ງຄຳປະກາດອັນຂຶ້ນຂັງ ທີ່ຈະກຳນົດເສັ້ນທາງແຫ່ງທຳມະ ແລະຊະຕາກຳຂອງສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

जयद्रथम्Jayadratha (as object of address/statement)

अमित्रघ्नम्enemy-slaying

वाक्a voice

उवाचsaid/spoke

अशरीरिणीbodiless, invisible (voice)

नृपम्the king

अन्तर्हिताhidden, unseen

वाणीspeech/voice

मेघदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनाhaving a sound like clouds and a kettle-drum (thunderous)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Jayadratha

the (bodiless) celestial voice

the king (nṛpa, addressed by the voice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the Mahābhārata motif that human action in war unfolds under a larger moral-cosmic order: warnings, proclamations, and omens (here, an aśarīriṇī vāṇī) signal that choices have consequences and that destiny responds to dharma and adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that an unseen, thunderous celestial voice speaks—addressing the king and referring to Jayadratha—introducing a significant announcement about Jayadratha’s situation and the impending turn of events in the battle narrative.