Shloka 39
Devanagari script
परिवेषो महांश्वापि सविद्युत्स्तनयित्नुमान्
Transliteration
pariveṣo mahāṁś cāpi savidyut-stanayitnumān
Translation
सञ्जय उवाच—परिवेषो महांश्चापि सविद्युत्स्तनयित्नुमान्।
Word by Word
परिवेषःhalo; surrounding radiance (around the sun/moon)
परिवेषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरिवेष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महान्great, large
महान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सविद्युत्having lightning; with lightning
सविद्युत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसविद्युत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्तनयित्नुमान्thundering; possessing thunder
स्तनयित्नुमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्तनयित्नु-मत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
pariveṣa (halo)V
vidyut (lightning)S
stanayitnu (thunder/thundercloud)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata motif that adharma and massive violence are reflected in unsettling natural portents; the cosmos is portrayed as morally responsive, warning of destructive consequences.
Sañjaya reports a striking atmospheric phenomenon—a large halo with lightning and thunder—presented as a portent occurring amid the events of the Drona Parva war sequence.