Shloka 86

Devanagari script

वसारुधिरसम्पृक्ता: संध्यायामिव तोयदा: । श्रीकृष्णके चक्रसे विदीर्ण हुए दैत्य मेदा तथा रक्तमें सनकर संध्याकालके मेघोंकी भाँति दिखायी देने लगे

Transliteration

vasārudhirasampṛktāḥ sandhyāyām iva toyadāḥ |

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ମେଦ ଓ ରକ୍ତରେ ଲିପ୍ତ-ସମ୍ପୃକ୍ତ ହୋଇ ସେମାନେ ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟାବେଳର ମେଘମାନଙ୍କ ପରି ଦେଖାଗଲେ। ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣଙ୍କ ଚକ୍ରରେ ବିଦୀର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଦୈତ୍ୟମାନେ ମେଦା ଓ ରକ୍ତରେ ସନାଇ ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟାମେଘ ସଦୃଶ ପ୍ରତୀତ ହେଲେ॥

Word by Word

• वसा-रुधिर-सम्पृक्ताः: smeared/mixed with fat and blood
• वसा-रुधिर-सम्पृक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसारुधिरसम्पृक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संध्यायाम्: at twilight
• संध्यायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तोयदाः: clouds (rain-givers)
• तोयदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोयद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses stark imagery to underline the ethical gravity of violence: the battlefield’s gore is not merely physical detail but a reminder that acts of slaughter leave a dark, lingering moral atmosphere, like twilight clouds that dim clarity and peace.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the aftermath of fierce fighting: figures (or the scene) are covered with fat and blood, and their appearance is compared to twilight rain-clouds—suggesting darkness, heaviness, and foreboding in the wake of combat.