Shloka 23

Devanagari script

मन्ये वज़ञधरस्यैष निनादो भैरवस्वन:

Transliteration

manye vajradharasya eṣa ninādo bhairavasvanaḥ

Translation

युधिष्ठिर उवाच—मन्ये वज्रधरस्यैष निनादो भैरवस्वनः।

Word by Word

• मन्ये: I think / I consider
• मन्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• वज्रधरस्य: of the thunderbolt-bearer (Indra)
• वज्रधरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रधर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निनादः: roar / loud sound
• निनादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनाद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भैरवस्वनः: having a terrible sound
• भैरवस्वनः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भैरवस्वन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vajradhara (Indra)
• vajra (thunderbolt)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid violence and uncertainty, a dharmic leader seeks interpretation rather than panic—reading events through a moral and cosmic lens, and looking for signs that restore courage and order.

What is happening in the narrative?

On the battlefield in Droṇa Parva, a terrifying roar is heard. Yudhiṣṭhira identifies it as the awe-inspiring sound of Indra (Vajradhara), treating it as a significant, possibly auspicious or portentous, occurrence.