Shloka 6

अध्याय ८२ — केशवप्रयाणे निमित्तदर्शनम्

Omens and Reception During Keśava’s Departure

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो व्यपेततमसि सूर्य विमलवदगते । मैत्रे मुहूर्ते सम्प्राप्ते मृद्रर्चिेषि दिवाकरे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tato vyapetatamasi sūrye vimalavadgate, maitre muhūrte samprāpte mṛdvarciṣi divākare.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Alors, lorsque les ténèbres s’étaient retirées et que le soleil s’était levé d’un éclat limpide et sans tache, et lorsque l’auspicieux muhūrta nommé Maitra fut arrivé—tandis que le faiseur du jour rayonnait de lueurs douces—le récit se poursuit vers les actes accomplis en ce moment favorable.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen; thereafter

व्यपेततमसिwhen the darkness had departed

सूर्येin/at the sun (i.e., when the sun ...)

विमलवत्purely; clearly; as if spotless

अगतेhaving come/risen

मैत्रेin the Maitra (auspicious) [muhūrta]

मुहूर्तेat the muhūrta (time-period)

सम्प्राप्तेhaving arrived; when it had come

मृदु-अर्चिषिin (the sun) of gentle rays

दिवाकरेin the sun (day-maker)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sūrya (the Sun)

Maitra muhūrta

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the traditional emphasis on kāla (right timing): actions—especially those with moral and political weight—are framed as best undertaken at a clear, auspicious moment, suggesting attentiveness to order, propriety, and readiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks a transition into the next events: night has ended, the sun rises with gentle, pure light, and the Maitra muhūrta arrives—setting an auspicious temporal setting for what follows in the story.