Shloka 16

मौसलोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of the Musala and the Sages’ Pronouncement

Devanagari script

परस्परं च नक्षत्र हन्यमानं पुन: पुनः | ग्रहैरपश्यन्‌ सर्वे ते नात्मनस्तु कथंचन,सब लोग बारंबार यह देखते थे कि नक्षत्र आपसमें तथा ग्रहोंके साथ भी टकरा जाते हैं, परन्तु कोई भी किसी तरह अपने नक्षत्रको नहीं देख पाता था

Transliteration

parasparaṁ ca nakṣatrāṇi hanyamānāni punaḥ punaḥ | grahair apaśyan sarve te nātmanas tu kathaṁcana ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Again and again they all witnessed the stars striking one another, and even colliding with the planets; yet none of them could in any way behold his own star. The omen suggests a world-order turning against itself—confusion in the heavens mirroring the loss of clarity and self-knowledge among men, and foreshadowing inevitable ruin.

Word by Word

• परस्परम्: mutually, with one another
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• नक्षत्राणि: stars/constellations (nakshatras)
• नक्षत्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, nominative, plural

• हन्यमानानि: being struck/being smitten
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), neuter nominative plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• ग्रहैः: by/with the planets
• ग्रहैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

• अपश्यन्: they saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person plural (parasmaipada): अपश्यन् = they saw

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Avyaya (negation)

• आत्मनः: of oneself / their own
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, genitive, singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• कथंचन: in any way, at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• nakṣatra (stars/asterisms)
• graha (planets)