Shloka 27
भीष्मस्य शरवर्षः — Bhīṣma’s Arrow-Storm and Kṛṣṇa’s Impulse to Intervene
Devanagari script
सम्पतन्तश्न दृश्यन्ते गोमायुबलवायसा:
Transliteration
sampatantaś ca dṛśyante gomāyu-balavāyasāḥ
Translation
நரிகளும் வலிமைமிக்க காகங்களும் ஒன்றாகப் பாய்ந்து இறங்குவது காணப்பட்டது.
Word by Word
सम्पतन्तःfalling down, swooping down
सम्पतन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√पत् (पत् गतौ)
Formवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपद-कर्तरि, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
दृश्यन्तेare seen, appear
दृश्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (दृश् दर्शन)
Formलट्, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि, प्रथम, बहुवचन
गोमायु-बल-वायसाःjackals, crows, and strong (ones) / strong crows (as a list of ominous creatures)
गोमायु-बल-वायसाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगोमायु + बल + वायस
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaJ
jackals (gomāyu)C
crows (vāyasa)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how traditional omen-language frames war as not merely political conflict but a moral crisis: predatory scavengers gathering signals impending death and warns that adharma and violence bring grim consequences.
Sañjaya describes battlefield portents—jackals and strong crows swooping down—indicating that the field is becoming a place of imminent carnage, where creatures associated with corpses and ruin appear in numbers.