Shloka 7

अध्याय ८२ — केशवप्रयाणे निमित्तदर्शनम्

Omens and Reception During Keśava’s Departure

Devanagari script

कौमुदे मासि रेवत्यां शरदन्ते हिमागमे । स्फीतसस्यसुखे काले कल्प: सत्त्ववतां वर:

Transliteration

kaumude māsi revatyāṃ śarad-ante himāgame | sphīta-sasya-sukhe kāle kalpaḥ sattvavatāṃ varaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。コームダの月、レーヴァティーの星宿のもと—秋の終わり、寒季が訪れようとする頃—作物は豊かに実り、人々は安らぎに満ちた。徳を備え、揺るがぬ者たちにとって最上の季節であった。

Word by Word

• कौमुदे: in the Kaumuda (Kārtika) month
• कौमुदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौमुद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रेवत्याम्: when (the moon is) in Revatī (nakṣatra)
• रेवत्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• शरदन्ते: at the end of autumn
• शरदन्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरदन्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हिमागमे: at the coming of winter
• हिमागमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमागम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्फीतसस्यसुखे: in the pleasant time of abundant crops
• स्फीतसस्यसुखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फीतसस्यसुख
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• काले: in the time/season
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कल्पः: the (proper) arrangement/ordinance; the rite/ceremony
• कल्पः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्त्ववताम्: of the virtuous/steadfast (people)
• सत्त्ववताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्त्ववत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: excellent; best
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Revatī (nakṣatra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the importance of kāla (right timing): when the world is orderly and prosperous—crops abundant and people at ease—dharmic persons are best positioned to act with steadiness and clarity. Ethical resolve is strengthened when society is not destabilized by scarcity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana sets the scene by specifying the season and lunar asterism: the end of autumn as winter approaches, during a comfortable time of plentiful harvests. This temporal marker frames the ensuing events as occurring in an auspicious and stable period.