Shloka 53

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

तेन शब्देन घोरेण मृगाणामथ पक्षिणाम्‌

Transliteration

tena śabdena ghoreṇa mṛgāṇām atha pakṣiṇām

Translation

Bởi tiếng động ghê rợn ấy, muông thú và chim chóc đều hoảng loạn—một sự xáo trộn điềm gở trong thiên nhiên, phản chiếu cơn chấn động đạo lý của cuộc chiến và báo rằng nỗi sợ đang lan khắp mọi loài hữu tình.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शब्देन: by/with the sound
• शब्देन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• घोरेण: terrible, dreadful
• घोरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मृगाणाम्: of the animals/deer
• मृगाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अथ: and then; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पक्षिणाम्: of the birds
• पक्षिणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• śabda (dreadful sound)
• mṛga (wild animals)
• pakṣin (birds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how adharma and violence in human affairs reverberate through the natural world: ominous sounds and the panic of animals and birds function as ethical signals that disorder has spread beyond the battlefield into the cosmos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes the effect of a terrifying sound—so intense that it agitates wild animals and birds—serving as an ominous marker of the surrounding crisis and the fearful atmosphere of the war setting.