Mahabharata 7.186.14 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 186, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त्रियामा रजनी चैषा घोररूपा भयानका

Transliteration

triyāmā rajanī caiṣā ghorarūpā bhayānakā

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: “Đêm nay, chia làm ba canh, đã hóa thành dáng vẻ ghê rợn—quả thật kinh hoàng.”

Word by Word

• त्रियामा: three-watched (night)
• त्रियामा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रियामा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रजनी: night
• रजनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• घोररूपा: of dreadful form
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोररूप
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भयानका: terrifying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• night (rajanī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how adharma-driven violence and escalating conflict darken the moral atmosphere itself: the night becomes a symbol of fear, confusion, and the consequences that follow when restraint and righteousness collapse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes the night as unusually dreadful and fear-inducing, setting a grim tone for the nocturnal developments and the heightened terror of the battlefield situation.