Shloka 5

चित्रकूटमार्गवर्णनम्

Bharata’s Army Reaches Chitrakuta and Searches for Rama

Devanagari script

तुरङ्गौघैरवतता वारणैश्च महाजवैः।अनालक्ष्या चिरं कालं तस्मिन्काले बभूव भूः।।2.93.5।।

Transliteration

turaṅgaughair avatatā vāraṇaiś ca mahājavaiḥ | anālakṣyā ciraṃ kālaṃ tasminkāle babhūva bhūḥ || 2.93.5 ||

Translation

ਘੋੜਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਝੁੰਡਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਮਹਾ ਤੇਜ਼ ਹਾਥੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਢੱਕ ਜਾਣ ਕਰਕੇ, ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਲੰਮੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੱਕ ਧਰਤੀ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਦਿਸਦੀ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• सागरौघनिभा: like ocean-waves in mass
• सागरौघनिभा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of senā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāgara + ogha + nibhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'resembling an ocean-wave-mass'

• सेना: army
• सेना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: senā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• भरतस्य: of Bharata
• भरतस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi: 'of the great-souled one'

• महीम्: the earth
• महीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• सञ्छादयामास: covered
• सञ्छादयामास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√chad (छद् धातु) causative; chādayāmāsa
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्) periphrastic perfect, 3rd person singular Parasmaipada; sense: 'covered'

• प्रावृषि: in the rainy season
• प्रावृषि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāvṛṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; 'in the rainy season'

• द्याम्: the sky
• द्याम्: Karma (कर्म) (of implied verb in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dyu/ dyām (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Simile particle

• अम्बुदः: cloud
• अम्बुदः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; upamāna (comparator)

Context

At this command, all of them halted. Then Bharata fixed his gaze on the source of the smoke.

Characters & Entities

• Bharata’s army
• horses (turaṅga)
• elephants (vāraṇa)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

The verse highlights the scale of royal resources; dharma requires such forces to be controlled and directed toward rightful ends, not chaos or oppression.

What is the narrative situation?

The march is described as so vast that the ground is hidden beneath the moving cavalry and elephants.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Organized strength under leadership—implying the need for restraint (saṃyama) and order in the exercise of might.