Shloka 10

Chapter 14: Divyāstra-Prayoga and Ṛṣi Intervention (दिव्यास्त्रप्रयोगः ऋषिसमागमश्च)

Devanagari script

सशब्दम भवद्‌ व्योम ज्वालामालाकुलं भृशम्‌ | चचाल च मही कृत्स्ना सपर्वतवनद्रुमा

Transliteration

saśabdam abhavad vyoma jvālāmālākulaṃ bhṛśam | cacāla ca mahī kṛtsnā saparvatavanadrumā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Bầu trời vang lên những âm thanh ầm ầm đầy điềm gở, dày đặc những vòng lửa dữ dội. Cả mặt đất—cùng núi non, rừng thẳm và cây cối—bắt đầu rung chuyển.

Word by Word

• सशब्दम्: with loud sound; noisily
• सशब्दम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शब्द (शब्द)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (adverbial), Singular

• अभवत्: became; came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• व्योम: the sky
• व्योम: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ज्वालामालाकुलम्: filled with garlands/rows of flames
• ज्वालामालाकुलम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वाला-माला-आकुल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भृशम्: exceedingly; greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृश

• चचाल: shook; trembled
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

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

• मही: the earth
• मही: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कृत्स्ना: entire; whole
• कृत्स्ना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (सह)

• पर्वत: with mountains
• पर्वत: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वन: with forests
• वन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रुमा: with trees
• द्रुमा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• vyoma (sky)
• mahī (earth)
• parvata (mountains)
• vana (forests)
• druma (trees)
• jvālā (flames)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses cosmic portents—roaring sounds, flames in the sky, and the trembling earth—to suggest that extreme violence and night-time slaughter disturb not only society but the moral order itself; nature reflects the weight of adharma and its consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the Sauptika events unfold, terrifying signs appear: the sky resounds and seems filled with blazing flames, and the whole earth shakes with its mountains, forests, and trees—an ominous atmosphere surrounding the episode.