Shloka 5

अध्याय १: उत्पात-दर्शनम् तथा वृष्णि-विनाश-श्रवणम्

Omens Observed and the Hearing of the Vṛṣṇi Destruction

Devanagari script

परिवेषाश्र दृश्यन्ते दारुणाश्रन्द्रसूर्ययो: । त्रिवर्णि: श्यामरूक्षान्तास्तथा भस्मारुणप्रभा:,चन्द्रमा और सूर्य दोनोंके चारों ओर भयानक घेरे दृष्टिगोचर होते थे। उन घेरोंमें तीन रंग प्रतीत होते थे। उनका किनारेका भाग काला एवं रूखा होता था। बीचमें भस्मके समान धूसर रंग दीखता था और भीतरी किनारेकी कान्ति अरुणवर्णकी दृष्टिगोचर होती थी

Transliteration

pariveṣāś ca dṛśyante dāruṇāś candrasūryayoḥ | trivarṇāḥ śyāmarūkṣāntās tathā bhasmāruṇaprabhāḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。月と太陽の双方を取り巻く、恐るべき暈（かさ）が見えた。その輪は三つの色を帯びていた。外縁は暗く荒々しく、中ほどは灰のように鈍い灰色、内縁は赤みを帯びて輝いた。かかる天の凶兆は、地上における道徳と社会秩序の崩れを予告する—世は規矩から災厄へと滑り落ちつつあるのだ。

Word by Word

परिवेषाःhalos, circular rings

दृश्यन्तेare seen, appear

दारुणाःterrible, dreadful

चन्द्रसूर्ययोःof the moon and the sun

त्रिवर्णाःhaving three colors

श्यामरूक्षान्ताःwhose edges are dark and rough

तथाand also, likewise

भस्मारुणप्रभाःhaving an ash-gray and reddish glow

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Candra (Moon)

Sūrya (Sun)

pariveṣa (halo/ring)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses celestial omens to signal a breakdown of dharmic order: when collective conduct deteriorates, the epic frames the coming suffering as preceded by warnings in nature, urging attentiveness, restraint, and ethical vigilance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports frightening atmospheric rings around the moon and sun, described as three-colored. These portents foreshadow the impending catastrophe of the Yādavas and the grim events of the Mausala Parva.