Mahabharata · 1.218.49–50
॥
Devanāgarī
गिरेर् विशीर्यमाणस्य तस्य रूपं तदा बभौ ॥
सार्कचन्द्रग्रहस्येव नभसः प्रविशीर्यतः ॥
तेनावाक्पतता दावे शैलेन महता भृशम् ॥
भूय एव हतास् तत्र प्राणिनः खाण्डवालयाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
girer viśīryamāṇasya tasya rūpaṃ tadā babhau ||
sārkacandragrahasyeva nabhasaḥ praviśīryataḥ ||
tenāvākpatatā dāve śailena mahatā bhṛśam ||
bhūya eva hatās tatra prāṇinaḥ khāṇḍavālayāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
गिरेः विशीर्यमाणस्य तस्य रूपं तदा बभौgireḥ viśīryamāṇasya tasya rūpaṃ tadā babhauThe form of that crumbling mountain then shone,
सार्कचन्द्रग्रहस्य इव नभसः प्रविशीर्यतःsārkacandragrahasya iva nabhasaḥ praviśīryataḥlike the sky crumbling apart with the sun, the moon, and the planets;
तेन अवाक्पतता दावे शैलेन महता भृशम्tena avākpatatā dāve śailena mahatā bhṛśamby that great rock, falling down into the blaze,
भूयः एव हताः तत्र प्राणिनः खाण्डवालयाःbhūyaḥ eva hatāḥ tatra prāṇinaḥ khāṇḍavālayāḥthe creatures, the inhabitants of Khandava, were slain there once again;
गिरेर्gireroriginal form "girer", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सार्कचन्द्रग्रहस्येवsārkacandragrahasyevaoriginal form "sārkacandragrahasyeva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेनावाक्पतताtenāvākpatatāoriginal form "tenāvākpatatā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भूयbhūyaoriginal form "bhūya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हतास्hatāsoriginal form "hatās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
The form of that crumbling mountain then shone like the sky crumbling apart with the sun, the moon, and the planets; by that great rock, falling down into the blaze, the creatures, the inhabitants of Khandava, were slain there once again.
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Here even a deflected blow multiplies the death of creatures. Telling is it that the falling fragments of the mountain again destroy the living: dreadful is this battle, in which even the uninvolved perish. But here too is a bitter insight: great warfare brings innocent victims in its wake; the text does not conceal this bitterness. Thus the text shows the weight of these events; and one who feels compassion grieves to witness the death of creatures, remembering that all unfolds within the Lord's unfathomable design.