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

毗舍波耶那说：苍穹发出震耳而不祥的声响，密密布满凶烈的火焰之环。大地连同群山、森林与树木，尽皆震颤摇动。

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.