Shloka 276

Devanagari script

ध्वानश्ष विविधैनदिर्वाशन्तस्तत्र मारिष | चारों ओरसे गीदड़ और बलशाली कौए वहाँ टूटे पड़ते थे। आर्य! वहाँ कुत्ते भी नाना प्रकारकी आवाजमें भूँकते देखे जाते थे

Transliteration

dhvānaś ca vividhā nadīr vāśantas tatra māriṣa | cāroṃ or se gīṛaṛ aur balaśālī kaue vahāṃ ṭūṭe paṛte the | ārya! vahāṃ kutte bhī nānā prakār kī āvāz meṃ bhūṃkte dekhe jāte the |

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—हे मारिष! तेथे नाना प्रकारचे अपशकुनसूचक ध्वनी ऐकू येत होते. सर्व बाजूंनी कोल्हे आणि बलवान कावळे तुटून पडत होते; आणि कुत्रीही वेगवेगळ्या सुरांत भुंकताना दिसत होती.

Word by Word

ध्वानाःsounds, noises

विविधाःvarious

नर्दन्तःroaring, making loud cries

वाशन्तःhowling, crying out

तत्रthere

मारिषO noble one / O sir

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

म

मारिष (addressed elder, unspecified)

jackals

crows

dogs

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 underscores how war driven by adharma is accompanied by inauspicious signs—nature itself reflecting moral disorder. The imagery of scavengers and unsettling cries functions as an ethical warning about the destructive consequences of unrighteous conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the elder listener that the battlefield area is filled with ominous noises: jackals, crows, and dogs gather and cry out in varied ways, suggesting impending calamity and the grim atmosphere surrounding the fighting.