Shloka 100

Devanagari script

सर्वे विकृतदेहाश्चाप्यस्मिन्‌ देशे सुदारुणे । युष्मान्‌ प्रधर्षयिष्यन्ति विकृता मांसभोजिन:,इस भयंकर प्रदेशमें रहनेवाले सभी प्राणी विकराल शरीरके हैं। ये सबके सब मांस खानेवाले और विकृत अंगवाले हैं। वे तुमलोगोंको धर दबायेंगे

Transliteration

sarve vikṛtadehāś cāpy asmin deśe sudāruṇe | yuṣmān pradharṣayiṣyanti vikṛtā māṁsabhōjinaḥ ||

Translation

Kền kền nói: “Trong miền đất ghê rợn này, mọi loài đều mang thân hình dị dạng. Chúng là lũ ăn thịt, tay chân méo mó, và chúng sẽ áp đảo rồi tóm lấy các ngươi.”

Word by Word

सर्वेall

विकृतदेहाःhaving deformed bodies

चand

अपिalso/even

अस्मिन्in this

देशेregion/place

सुदारुणेvery dreadful/terrible

युष्मान्you (all)

प्रधर्षयिष्यन्तिwill attack/assail/overpower

विकृताःdeformed/monstrous

मांसभोजिनःmeat-eaters

Speaker

गृध्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

gṛdhra (vulture)

deśa (this dreadful region)

māṁsabhōjinaḥ prāṇinaḥ (flesh-eating beings/creatures)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores prudence and discernment: entering a place dominated by हिंसा (violence) and predatory beings invites harm. Ethically, it suggests that environments shaped by adharma endanger the weak and demand caution, restraint, and wise counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

A vulture speaks as a warning voice, describing the terrifying nature of the region: its inhabitants are grotesque, flesh-eating creatures who will attack and overpower the addressed group. The line functions as an urgent caution against proceeding unprepared.