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Shloka 16

पुत्रजन्मोत्सवः — Birth of the Princes and Viśvāmitra’s Arrival

Bālakāṇḍa 18

जगु: कलं च गन्धर्वा ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणा:।।।।देवदुन्दुभयो नेदु: पुष्पवृष्टिश्च खाच्च्युता।उत्सवश्च महानासीदयोध्यायां जनाकुल:।।।।

jaguḥ kalaṃ ca gandharvā nanṛtuś cāpsarogaṇāḥ |

devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiś ca khāc cyutā ||

ពួកគន្ធវៈ (Gandharva) ច្រៀងដោយសូរស្រទន់ល្អិតល្អន់ ហើយក្រុមអប្សរា (Apsarā) រាំរបាំ; ស្គរទិព្វរបស់ទេវតាបន្លឺឡើង ហើយភ្លៀងផ្កាបានធ្លាក់ចុះពីមេឃ។

जगुःsang
जगुः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगै (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपदम्
कलम्melodiously
कलम्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverbial usage; manner/रीति)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
गन्धर्वाःGandharvas
गन्धर्वाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)
ननृतुःdanced
ननृतुः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनृत् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपदम्
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
अप्सरोगणाःgroups of Apsarases
अप्सरोगणाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'apsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

The gandharvas sang melodiously. Groups of apsaras danced. Celestial kettledrums were sounded. Flowers were showered from the sky. Men througed to Ayodhya to witness the festivities.

G
Gandharvas
A
Apsarases
F
Flowers (puṣpa)

FAQs

When dharma is established, joy becomes communal and elevating: celebration is not mere pleasure but an affirmation of rightful order and divine sanction.

The birth of the princes is marked by extraordinary, heavenly celebrations—music, dance, drumbeats, and flower-rain.

Not an individual virtue, but the auspiciousness surrounding dharmic events—suggesting the household and kingdom are aligned with righteousness.