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Shloka 31

उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents

विषमं जनयन्त्येत आक्रन्दजननं महत्‌ । त्रिषु सर्वेषु नक्षत्रनक्षत्रेषु विशाम्पते । गृथ्र: सम्पतते शीर्ष जनयन्‌ भयमुन्तमम्‌,वह महान्‌ युद्ध एवं विषम परिस्थिति पैदा करनेवाली है। राजन्‌! (अश्विनी आदि नक्षत्रोंकी तीन भागोंमें बाँटनेपर जो नौ-नौ नक्षत्रोंक तीन समुदाय होते हैं, वे क्रमशः अश्वपति, गजपति तथा नरपतिके छत्र कहलाते हैं; ये ही पापग्रहसे आक्रान्त होनेपर क्षत्रियोंका विनाश सूचित करनेके कारण “नक्षत्र-नक्षत्र” कहे गये हैं) इन तीनों अथवा सम्पूर्ण नक्षत्र-नक्षत्रोंमें शीर्षस्थानपर यदि पापग्रहसे वेध हो तो वह ग्रह महान्‌ भय उत्पन्न करनेवाला होता है; इस समय ऐसा ही कुयोग आया है

viṣamaṃ janayanty ete ākrandajananaṃ mahat | triṣu sarveṣu nakṣatra-nakṣatreṣu viśāmpate | gṛdhraḥ sampatate śīrṣaṃ janayan bhayam uttamam ||

These portents generate a dire imbalance, giving rise to a great outcry. O lord of the people, across all the three divisions of the so‑called ‘nakṣatra-groups’, a vulture swoops upon the foremost point, producing the highest fear. Such a malignant conjunction has arisen now—an omen of calamity and slaughter in war, where dharma is eclipsed by violent disorder.

विषमम्uneven, adverse (thing/situation)
विषमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविषम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
जनयन्तिproduce, generate
जनयन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (जनयति)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
एतेthese
एते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
आक्रन्द-जननम्causing wailing/crying
आक्रन्द-जननम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआक्रन्द-जनन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
महत्great, intense
महत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
त्रिषुin three
त्रिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि
Form—, Locative, Plural
सर्वेषुin all
सर्वेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
नक्षत्र-नक्षत्रेषुamong the groups of constellations
नक्षत्र-नक्षत्रेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनक्षत्र-नक्षत्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
विशाम्पतेO lord of the people (king)
विशाम्पते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविशाम्पति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
गृध्रःvulture
गृध्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगृध्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सम्पततेfalls/swoops down
सम्पतते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (सम्+पत्)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
शीर्षेon the head/top
शीर्षे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशीर्षन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
जनयन्producing, causing
जनयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (जनयति)
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उत्तमम्greatest, extreme
उत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyasa
K
king (viśāmpati, addressed)

Educational Q&A

When society moves toward adharma and mass violence, nature and the heavens are portrayed as reflecting that disorder through ominous signs; the ethical warning is to recognize the gravity of impending harm and the collapse of righteous order.

Vyāsa reports ominous portents to a king: across the three divisions of nakṣatra-groups, a vulture striking the ‘foremost’ point is described as producing extreme fear—signaling an inauspicious time and the approach of devastating war.