Shloka 9
Vainya-Aśvamedhe Atri–Gautama–Sanatkumāra-Nirṇaya
Vainya’s Sacrifice and the Settlement of a Dharmic Dispute
तथा बहुविधाकारा प्रावृण्मेघानुनादिता । अभ्यतीता शिवा तेषां चरतां मरुधन्वसु,पाण्डव अभी मरुप्रदेशमें ही विचरते थे, तभी मेघोंकी गर्जनासे गूँजती तथा अनेक प्रकारके रूप-रंग लिये प्रकट हुई मंगलमयी वर्षा-ऋतु भी बीत गयी
tathā bahuvidhākārā prāvṛṇmeghānunāditā | abhyatītā śivā teṣāṃ caratāṃ marudhanvasu ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Thus, while the Pāṇḍavas were roaming in the desert-like Marudhanva region, the auspicious rainy season—resounding with the thunder of Prāvṛt clouds and displaying many changing forms—also passed by. The verse underscores how time and seasons move on even amid hardship, and how endurance in exile is sustained by accepting nature’s cycles without abandoning one’s resolve.
वैशम्पायन उवाच