Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततो वायुर्महाघोष: क्षोभयन्‌ सर्वसागरान्‌ । वियत्स्थो जनयन्‌ मेघाज्जलधारासमाकुलान्‌

Transliteration

tato vāyur mahāghoṣaḥ kṣobhayan sarvasāgarān | viyatstho janayan meghāj jaladhārāsamākulān ||

Translation

Kemudian angin dahsyat yang mengaum keras mulai bertiup. Mengguncang semua samudra hingga bergelora, ia naik ke angkasa dan menimbulkan awan-awan pekat yang sarat dengan tirai-tirai hujan deras.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महाघोषः: loud-roaring, with a great sound
• महाघोषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाघोष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• क्षोभयन्: agitating, churning
• क्षोभयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षोभयत् (√क्षुभ्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• सर्वसागरान्: all the oceans/seas
• सर्वसागरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसागर
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• वियत्स्थः: situated in the sky
• वियत्स्थः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वियत्स्थ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• जनयन्: producing, generating
• जनयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जनयत् (√जन्/√जनि, causative जनय-)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• मेघान्: clouds
• मेघान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• जलधारासमाकुलान्: filled with streams of water; laden with downpours
• जलधारासमाकुलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जलधारासमाकुल
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• vāyu (wind)
• sāgara (oceans/seas)
• viyat (sky)
• megha (clouds)
• jaladhārā (rain-torrents)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how overwhelming forces of nature can mirror or foreshadow major turns in human affairs; in epic narrative, such cosmic turbulence often functions as a portent, reminding listeners that actions and events unfold within a larger moral and cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

A tremendous, roaring wind arises, churns the seas, and, moving through the sky, generates rain-laden clouds that pour down in torrents—an image of sudden, ominous atmospheric upheaval.