Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ततो रेणु: समुद्धूत: सपत्रबहुलो महान्‌ । पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च द्यां चैव सहसा55वृणोत्‌,फिर धूल और पत्तोंसे भरा हुआ बड़ा भारी बवंडर (आँधी) उठा, जिसने पृथ्वी, अन्तरिक्ष तथा स्वर्गको भी सहसा आच्छादित कर दिया

Transliteration

tato reṇuḥ samuddhūtaḥ sapatrabahulo mahān | pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca dyāṃ caiva sahasā vṛṇot ||

Translation

Then a vast cloud of dust suddenly rose, thickly mingled with leaves. In an instant it spread like a veil, obscuring the earth, the mid-region of the sky, and even the heavens.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

रेणुःdust

समुद्धूतःraised up, whirled up

सपत्रबहुलःdense with leaves

महान्great, huge

पृथिवीम्the earth

चand

अन्तरिक्षम्the mid-air, atmosphere

चand

द्याम्the sky, heaven

चand

एवindeed, even

सहसाsuddenly, all at once

वृणोत्covered, enveloped

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

र

रेणु (dust cloud)

प

पत्त्र/पत्र (leaves)

प

पृथिवी (earth)

अ

अन्तरिक्ष (mid-air/atmosphere)

द

द्यौ/द्याम् (heaven/sky)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how sudden disturbances in nature can function as narrative omens—suggesting that when order is shaken, one should be alert, restrained, and attentive to dharma, rather than careless or complacent.

What is happening in the narrative?

A powerful whirlwind or dust-storm, laden with leaves, rises abruptly and blankets the earth, the atmosphere, and even the heavens, creating darkness and foreboding and marking an intensification of the scene.