Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पपात महती चोल्का सनिर्घाता महाभया । निष्प्रभश्चाभवत्‌ सूर्यश्छन्नरश्मिस्तमोवृत:,वज्रकी गड़गड़ाहटके साथ अत्यन्त भयदायक भारी उल्कापात होने लगा। सूर्य अन्धकारसे आवृत हो प्रभाशून्य हो गये। उनकी किरणें आच्छादित हो गयीं

Transliteration

papāta mahatī colkā sanirghātā mahābhayā | niṣprabhaś cābhavat sūryaś channarasmis tamovṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Sebuah meteor raksasa jatuh disertai dentuman menggelegar yang mengerikan. Matahari pun kehilangan sinarnya; diselubungi kegelapan, pancaran cahayanya tertutup.

Word by Word

पपातfell

महतीgreat, huge

चand

उल्काmeteor, fireball

स-निर्घाताwith thunderous sound

महाभयाvery terrifying

निष्प्रभःlusterless, without radiance

चand

अभवत्became, was

सूर्यःthe sun

छन्न-रश्मिःwhose rays were covered

तमो-वृतःenveloped by darkness

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sūrya (the Sun)

Ulkā (meteor/omen)

Character Dynamics

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 uses ominous natural signs to suggest that adharma and impending calamity disturb not only society but symbolically the cosmos; it frames ethical crisis as having universal resonance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports frightening portents: a massive meteor falls with a thunderous sound, and the sun becomes dim as darkness covers it and its rays are obscured.