Shloka 39

Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ

Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response

Devanagari script

परिवेषो महांश्वापि सविद्युत्स्तनयित्नुमान्‌

Transliteration

pariveṣo mahāṁś cāpi savidyut-stanayitnumān

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: “ຍັງມີວົງຮອບອັນໃຫຍ່ປາກົດຂຶ້ນ—ພ້ອມຟ້າຜ່າ ແລະຟ້າຮ້ອງ.” ໃນເລື່ອງສົງຄາມ ນີ້ເປັນລາງຮ້າຍຈາກຟ້າ ຊີ້ວ່າ ທໍາມະຊາດເອງກໍສະທ້ອນຄວາມໜັກໜ່ວງທາງທໍາ ແລະຄວາມພິນາດທີ່ກໍາລັງຄືບເຂົ້າມາຂອງຄວາມຂັດແຍ່ງນີ້.

Word by Word

• परिवेषः: halo; surrounding radiance (around the sun/moon)
• परिवेषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great, large
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सविद्युत्: having lightning; with lightning
• सविद्युत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सविद्युत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तनयित्नुमान्: thundering; possessing thunder
• स्तनयित्नुमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तनयित्नु-मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• pariveṣa (halo)
• vidyut (lightning)
• stanayitnu (thunder/thundercloud)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the Mahābhārata motif that adharma and massive violence are reflected in unsettling natural portents; the cosmos is portrayed as morally responsive, warning of destructive consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a striking atmospheric phenomenon—a large halo with lightning and thunder—presented as a portent occurring amid the events of the Drona Parva war sequence.