Shloka 28

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्

Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens

Devanagari script

कोकिला: शतपत्राश्न चाषा भासा: शुकास्तथा । सारसाश्ष मयूराश्न वाचो मुज्चन्ति दारुणा:,“कोयल, शतपत्र, नीलकण्ठ, भास (चील्ह), शुक, सारस तथा मयूर भयंकर बोली बोलते हैं

Transliteration

kokilāḥ śatapatrāś ca cāṣā bhāsāḥ śukās tathā | sārasāś ca mayūrāś ca vāco muñcanti dāruṇāḥ ||

Translation

కోయిలలు, శతపత్ర పక్షులు, చాషలు, భాసలు, చిలుకలు, సారసాలు, నెమళ్లు—ఇవన్నీ కఠినమైన భయంకరమైన కేకలు విడుస్తున్నాయి.

Word by Word

• कोकिलाः: cuckoos
• कोकिलाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतपत्राः: hundred-winged birds (a bird-name)
• शतपत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतपत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चाषाः: blue-jays / a bird called cāṣa
• चाषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भासाः: kites / a bird called bhāsa
• भासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शुकाः: parrots
• शुकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: and also / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सारसाः: cranes
• सारसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मयूराः: peacocks
• मयूराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वाचः: cries / calls / voices
• वाचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• मुञ्चन्ति: utter / emit / let out
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दारुणाः: terrible / dreadful
• दारुणाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• kokila (cuckoo)
• śatapatra (bird)
• cāṣa (bird)
• bhāsa (bird of prey)
• śuka (parrot)
• sārasa (crane)
• mayūra (peacock)