Shloka 3

Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

वाताबद्धा भवन्मेघा उपलाश्षन सहस्रश: । नाशवनुवंस्तमारोढुं विषण्णमनसो जना:,वहाँ वायुका सहारा लिये बिना ही बादल उत्पन्न हो जाते और अपने-आप हजारों पत्थर (ओले) पड़ने लगते थे। जिनके मनमें खेद भरा होता था ऐसे मनुष्य उस पर्वतपर चढ़ नहीं सकते थे

Transliteration

vātabaddhā bhavanmeghā upalāśan sahasraśaḥ | nāśvanuvaṃs tam āroḍhuṃ viṣaṇṇamanaso janāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Clouds would form as if bound and driven by the wind, and thousands of hailstones would fall of their own accord. People whose hearts were weighed down with dejection could not bring themselves to climb that mountain—only the resolute could face such harshness.

Word by Word

वातby wind

अबद्धाःunbound, not held (together)

भवन्becoming, arising

मेघाःclouds

उपलstones; hailstones

अश्नन्eating/striking (i.e., pelting with hail)

सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands

नnot

अशक्नुवन्were not able

तम्that (him/it)

आरोढुम्to climb, to ascend

विषण्णdejected, despondent

मनसःof mind

जनाःpeople

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

wind (vāta)

clouds (meghāḥ)

hailstones/stones (upalāḥ)

that mountain (tam—parvataḥ, implied)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes