Shloka 136
Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu
Gṛhastha-Vrata
विषये वासवस्तस्य सम्यगेव प्रवर्षति । इन्द्रके समान पराक्रमी और युद्धसे कभी पीछे न हटनेवाले राजा दुर्योधनके राज्यमें इन्द्र सदा ठीक समयपर और उचित मात्रामें ही वर्षा करते थे
viṣaye vāsavas tasya samyag eva pravarṣati |
ভীষ্মে ক’লে— সেই ৰজাৰ ৰাজ্যত বাসৱ (ইন্দ্ৰ) ঠিক সময়ত আৰু উচিত পৰিমাণত বৰষুণ দিছিল। ইন্দ্ৰসদৃশ পৰাক্ৰমী দুঃৰ্যোধনৰ ৰাজ্যত সদায় নিয়মমতে বৃষ্টি হৈছিল।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links good governance and social order with natural regularity (timely rain), while implicitly reminding that prosperity is not the sole measure of righteousness; dharma must be assessed by conduct and justice, not only by outward success.
Bhishma is describing conditions in Duryodhana’s kingdom, noting that Indra granted rain in the right season and quantity, portraying the realm as materially stable and well-supplied.