Shloka 13

मैत्रेयागमनम् — The Arrival of Maitreya and the Admonition to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ क्षणेडथ प्रववो मारुतो भूशदारुण: । रजसा संवृतं तेन नष्टज्योतिरभून्नरभ:,इसी समय बड़ी प्रचण्ड वायु चलने लगी। उसकी उड़ायी हुई धूलसे आच्छादित हो आकाशके तारे भी अस्त हो गये-से जान पड़ते थे

Transliteration

tasmin kṣaṇe ’tha pravavo māruto bhūśadāruṇaḥ | rajasā saṃvṛtaṃ tena naṣṭajyotir abhūn nabhaḥ ||

Translation

In eben diesem Augenblick erhob sich ein wütender Wind, der die Erde erschreckte. Vom aufgewirbelten Staub verhüllt, schien der Himmel sein Licht zu verlieren, als wären selbst die Sterne ausgelöscht—ein unheilvolles Zeichen, das die kommenden Ereignisse begleitete.

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that

क्षणेmoment

अथthen

प्रववौblew

मारुतःwind

भूषदारुणःterrible, earth-shaking

रजसाby dust

संवृतम्covered

तेनby it/thereby

नष्टज्योतिःwhose light was lost

अभूत्became/was

नभःsky

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

māruta (wind)

rajas (dust)

nabhas (sky)

tārāḥ (stars, implied by the Hindi gloss)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a sudden, violent disturbance in nature as a moral and narrative signal: when adharma or grave turning-points approach, the world itself appears unsettled. It frames events as ethically weighty, not merely political or personal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura describes an abrupt, terrifying wind that raises dust and veils the sky, making it seem as if the light (even the stars) has disappeared—an ominous atmospheric change marking a critical moment.