Shloka 65
उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents
व्यास उवाच प्रसन्नभा: पावक ऊर्ध्वरश्मि: प्रदक्षिणावर्त शिखो विधूम: । पुण्या गन्धाश्चाहुतीनां प्रवान्ति जयस्यैतद् भाविनो रूपमाहु:
vyāsa uvāca | prasannabhāḥ pāvaka ūrdhvaraśmiḥ pradakṣiṇāvartaśikho vidhūmaḥ | puṇyā gandhāś cāhutīnāṃ pravānti jayasya etad bhāvino rūpam āhuḥ ||
ວະຍາສ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອໄຟບູຊາສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງຢ່າງໃສສະອາດ ແລະສະງົບ; ເມື່ອແປວໄຟພຸ່ງຂຶ້ນສູງ ມ້ວນໄປທາງຂວາ ແລະບໍ່ມີຄວັນເລີຍ; ແລະເມື່ອຂອງບູຊາທີ່ຖວາຍລົງໄປ ສົ່ງກິ່ນຫອມບໍລິສຸດ ກະຈາຍໄປຕາມລົມ—ນີ້ແມ່ນລັກສະນະທີ່ປາກົດໃຫ້ເຫັນ ຂອງໄຊຊະນະທີ່ກຳລັງຈະມາ»
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory is portrayed as connected to auspicious order: when ritual signs are pure—clear light, smokeless flame, rightward rising, and fragrant offerings—it suggests harmony between human action and a favorable moral-cosmic alignment, not merely brute strength.
Vyāsa reports traditional auspicious indicators seen in the sacrificial fire: its appearance and the fragrance of offerings are interpreted as omens that a forthcoming victory is destined or strongly indicated.