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
被那可怖的声响所惊，群兽与飞鸟尽皆惶乱——自然界的不祥骚动，映照着战争中的道德震荡，也昭示恐惧正蔓延于一切生灵。
Word by Word
तेनby that
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
शब्देनby/with the sound
शब्देन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
घोरेणterrible, dreadful
घोरेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
मृगाणाम्of the animals/deer
मृगाणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमृग
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अथand then; also
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
पक्षिणाम्of the birds
पक्षिणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपक्षिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyudeva (Wind-god)Ś
śabda (dreadful sound)M
mṛga (wild animals)P
pakṣin (birds)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
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.
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.