Shloka 10
वंशानुकीर्तनम् — Genealogical Recitation from Dakṣa to Yayāti and the Establishment of the Paurava Line
पुष्पवृष्टिं विचित्रां तु व्यसृजंस्ते पुन: पुनः । दिवःस्पृशो5थ संघुष्टा: पक्षिभिर्मधुरस्वनै:
puṣpavṛṣṭiṁ vicitrāṁ tu vyasṛjaṁs te punaḥ punaḥ | divaḥspṛśo 'tha saṅghuṣṭāḥ pakṣibhir madhurasvanaiḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Again and again they showered down a wondrous rain of flowers; and then the sky-reaching regions resounded with the sweet calls of birds—an auspicious sign marking divine approval and the moral grandeur of the moment.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how righteous or momentous events are traditionally marked by auspicious signs—flower-showers and sweet bird-calls—suggesting that dharma is not merely social order but is envisioned as harmonizing with the cosmos.
The narrator describes a repeated celestial shower of flowers and the sky resounding with melodious birds, portraying a celebratory, sanctifying atmosphere around the event being recounted in this section.