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Shloka 30

Śakuntalā’s Satya-Discourse and the Recognition of Bharata (शकुन्तला–सत्योपदेशः; भरतप्रतिग्रहः)

संकोच्याग्रकरान्‌ भीता: प्रद्रवन्ति सम वेगिता: । शकृन्मूत्रं सृजन्तश्च क्षरन्तः शोणितं बहु

saṅkocyāgrakarān bhītāḥ pradravanti sama-vegītāḥ | śakṛn-mūtraṃ sṛjantaś ca kṣarantaḥ śoṇitaṃ bahu ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: Kinh hãi, chúng co phần trước (vòi) lại và bỏ chạy với tốc độ như nhau. Vừa chạy, chúng vừa thải phân và nước tiểu, và từ vết thương máu tuôn ra rất nhiều—một hình ảnh về bạo lực trong rừng và hậu quả lạnh lùng của cuộc tấn công vũ trang lên sinh linh.

संकोच्यhaving contracted/drawn in
संकोच्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+कुच्
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)
अग्रकरान्fore-hands (trunks/forelimbs)
अग्रकरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्रकर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
भीताःfrightened
भीताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभीत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रद्रवन्तिrun away / flee
प्रद्रवन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+द्रु
FormPresent, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
समवेगिताःimpelled with great speed
समवेगिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसमवेगित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शकृत्feces
शकृत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशकृत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मूत्रम्urine
मूत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमूत्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सृजन्तःvoiding / discharging
सृजन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
क्षरन्तःoozing / dripping
क्षरन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootक्षर्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
शोणितम्blood
शोणितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
बहुmuch / a lot
बहु:
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
E
elephants (hastin/gaja implied)
W
weapons (astra-śastra implied by context)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the stark karmic and ethical cost of violence: when living beings are struck by weapons, the immediate fruits are terror, loss of bodily control, and grievous suffering—an implicit warning against nṛśaṃsatā (pitiless cruelty).

In the midst of a violent forest episode, wounded elephants—struck by weapons—panic and flee, drawing in their trunks; as they run, they involuntarily void excrement and urine while bleeding profusely from their injuries.