Shloka 14

मौसलोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of the Musala and the Sages’ Pronouncement

Devanagari script

महानसेषु सिद्धेषु संस्कृतेइतीव भारत । आहार्यमाणे कृमयो व्यदृश्यन्त सहस्रश:,अच्छी तरह छौंक-बघारकर जो रसोइयाँ तैयार की जाती थीं, उन्हें परोसकर जब लोग भोजनके लिये बैठते थे तब उनमें हजारों कीड़े दिखायी देने लगते थे

Transliteration

mahānaseṣu siddheṣu saṃskṛteṣv iti vai bhārata | āhāryamāṇe kṛmayo vyadṛśyanta sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ, ແມ່ນແຕ່ອາຫານທີ່ປຸງສຳເລັດດີໃນຫ້ອງຄົວ ແລະປຸງລົດຖືກຕ້ອງແລ້ວ, ໃນຂະນະທີ່ນຳອອກມາເສີບເພື່ອກິນ ກັບເຫັນໜອນນັບພັນໆ ຢູ່ໃນນັ້ນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນຫຼ້ຽງຊີວິດ ກັບກາຍເປັນຂີ້ຂະຍະ ແລະກິນບໍ່ໄດ້, ເປັນນິມິດວ່າ ຄວາມວຸ້ນວາຍແຫ່ງທຳ ແລະລະບຽບໂລກ ກຳລັງຄອບງຳໂລກຂອງຍາດະວະ.

Word by Word

महानसेषुin the kitchens

सिद्धेषुwhen (they were) cooked/ready

संस्कृतेwhen (it was) well-prepared/seasoned

इतिthus/so

इवas if

भारतO Bharata

आहार्यमाणेwhen being served/brought (for eating)

कृमयःworms

व्यदृश्यन्तwere seen/appeared

सहस्रशःby thousands/in thousands

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (Janamejaya)

mahānasa (kitchens)

food/dishes

kṛmi (worms)

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?

When collective conduct declines and destiny ripens, even ordinary supports of life (like food) become corrupted; the verse presents a moral-cosmic warning that adharma manifests outwardly as disorder and loss of auspiciousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

As ominous signs arise, food that has been carefully cooked and seasoned in the kitchens becomes infested with worms at the time of serving, indicating an inauspicious turn and foreshadowing impending calamity.