Shloka 5
कुरुसभायां केशवागमन-सत्कारविधानम् / Preparations to Honor Keśava at the Kuru Court
अनभ्रे5शनिनिर्घोष: सविद्युत् समजायत । अन्वगेव च पर्जन्य: प्रावर्षद् विधने भूशम्
anabhre śaninirghoṣaḥ savidyut samajāyata | anvageva ca parjanyaḥ prāvarṣad vidhane bhūśam ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Though the sky was cloudless, a thunderous roar arose together with lightning. And at once Parjanya, the rain-god, poured down abundant rain upon the earth, even without any mass of clouds—an ominous, unnatural sign.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When adharma intensifies and a great conflict approaches, the epic often depicts nature itself as reflecting moral imbalance through unnatural portents. Such signs urge rulers and communities to recognize the gravity of their choices and return to restraint, truth, and dharma before catastrophe becomes inevitable.
The narrator reports a striking omen: thunder and lightning appear in a cloudless sky, and heavy rain falls even without clouds. This abnormal weather functions as a forewarning that the political situation is moving toward a dangerous, world-shaking confrontation.