Shloka 82

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

ततो द्वादशवर्षाणि पयोदास्त उपप्लवे । धाराभि: पूरयन्तो वै चोद्यमाना महात्मना,तदनन्तर प्रलयकालके वे पयोधर महात्मा ब्रह्माजीकी प्रेरणा पाकर पृथ्वीको परिपूर्ण करनेके लिये बारह वर्षोतक धारावाहिक वृष्टि करते हैं

Transliteration

tato dvādaśavarṣāṇi payodāsta upaplave | dhārābhiḥ pūrayanto vai codyamānā mahātmanā ||

Translation

Puis, au temps de la grande submersion, les nuées porteuses de pluie, poussées par le Grand Être, déversèrent des torrents continus durant douze années, emplissant la terre de toutes parts.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• द्वादश-वर्षाणि: twelve years (as duration)
• द्वादश-वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वादश (संख्या)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पयोदाः: clouds
• पयोदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयोद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त: they/that (referring to the clouds)
• त: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपप्लवे: in the inundation/calamity (time of deluge)
• उपप्लवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धाराभिः: with streams (of rain)
• धाराभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• पूरयन्तः: filling, making full
• पूरयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरय् (धातु; causative of √पॄ/पूर्) → पूरयत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural (present active participle)

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)
• Form: Avyaya

• चोद्यमानाः: being urged/impelled
• चोद्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चुद् (धातु) → चोद्यमान (वर्तमान कर्मणि कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural (present passive participle)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• payodāḥ (clouds)
• upaplava (deluge/inundation)
• mahātman (the Great Being; higher divine agency)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights impermanence and cosmic order: even immense natural forces like world-flooding rains operate under a higher directive, reminding listeners that creation and dissolution follow a larger law beyond human control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a deluge scenario in which rain-clouds, driven by a supreme agency, pour torrents for twelve years, inundating and filling the world—an image associated with pralaya-like devastation.