Shloka 139

Devanagari script

व्यात्तानना घोरजिद्दा: क्रोधताम्रेक्षणा भृशम्‌ | सिंहनादेन महता नादयन्तो वसुन्धराम्‌

Transliteration

vyāttānanā ghorajiddhāḥ krodhatāmrekṣaṇā bhṛśam | siṃhanādena mahatā nādayanto vasundharām ||

Translation

ସେମାନେ ମୁଖ ବିସ୍ତାର କରି, ଘୋର ଜିହ୍ୱାଧାରୀ, କ୍ରୋଧରେ ରକ୍ତ ନୟନବାନ, ମହା ସିଂହନାଦ କରି ବସୁନ୍ଧରାକୁ ନାଦିତ କରୁଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• व्यात्ताननाः: having gaping/open mouths
• व्यात्ताननाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यात्तानन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• घोरजिद्दाः: having terrible tongues
• घोरजिद्दाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोरजिह्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रोधताम्रेक्षणाः: with eyes reddened by anger
• क्रोधताम्रेक्षणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधताम्रेक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• सिंहनादेन: with a lion-roar
• सिंहनादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, mighty
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नादयन्तः: causing to resound, roaring
• नादयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नादयत्
• Form: Present (Shatru/Parasmaipada present active participle), Plural

• वसुन्धराम्: the earth
• वसुन्धराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vasundharā (the Earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unchecked anger (krodha) amplifies violence and overwhelms restraint; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such battle-fury can eclipse discernment and push warriors away from measured, dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes warriors in a heightened state of combat—mouths agape, eyes red with rage—raising a massive lion-like roar that makes the earth seem to tremble, signaling the escalation and terror of the battlefield.