Shloka 14

Adhyāya 22: Śālva’s Weapon-Shower, Dāruka’s Wounding, and the Māyā-Report of Vasudeva’s Father

Devanagari script

ततो हाहाकृतमभूत्‌ सर्व किल विशाम्पते । द्यौश्न भूमिश्व खं चैवादृश्यमाने तथा मयि,प्रजानाथ! मेरे अदृश्य हो जानेपर भूलोक, अन्तरिक्ष तथा स्वर्गलोक--सभी स्थानोंमें हाहाकार मच गया

Transliteration

tato hāhākṛtam abhūt sarvaṃ kila viśāmpate | dyauś ca bhūmiś ca khaṃ caivādṛśyamāne tathā mayi, prajānātha |

Translation

Then, O lord of the people, a universal cry of distress arose. For when I became invisible, heaven, earth, and the mid-region (the sky between them) all seemed to vanish as well—so great was the upheaval caused by my disappearance.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

हाहाकृतम्a cry of lamentation, uproar

अभूत्arose, happened, came to be

सर्वम्all, entirely

किलindeed, it is said

विशाम्पतेO lord of the people

द्यौःheaven, sky

चand

भूमिःearth

चand

खम्space, sky, mid-air

चand

एवindeed, just

अदृश्यमानेwhen (someone) was not being seen, while becoming invisible

तथाthus, likewise

मयिin me, with regard to me

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)

viśāmpati (king/lord of the people)

prajānātha (protector of subjects)

dyauḥ (heaven)

bhūmiḥ (earth)

kham (sky/mid-region)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes