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Shloka 61

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

पुष्पाणां भरतश्रेष्ठ दिव्यानां पुण्यगन्धिनाम्‌ । देवदुन्दुभयश्चापि नेदुस्तत्र महास्वना:

puṣpāṇāṃ bharataśreṣṭha divyānāṃ puṇyagandhinām | devadundubhayaś cāpi nedus tatra mahāsvanāḥ ||

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນວົງພັນບາຣະຕະ! ດອກໄມ້ທິບອັນວິເສດ ມີກິ່ນຫອມອັນບໍລິສຸດ ຖືກໂປຍລົງມາເປັນຝົນ; ແລະທີ່ນັ້ນເອງ ກອງກະຫຼອງທິບ (ເທວະດຸນທຸບີ) ກໍດັງກັງວານດ້ວຍສຽງໃຫຍ່.” ພາບນີ້ເປັນເຫດໝາຍແຫ່ງການຮັບຮອງອັນຂັງຂັງຈາກໂລກອື່ນ ປານດັ່ງວ່າສະກົນທັງປວງເປັນພະຍານຕໍ່ນໍ້າໜັກແຫ່ງທໍາຂອງເຫດການທີ່ເພິ່ງເກີດຂຶ້ນ.

पुष्पाणाम्of flowers
पुष्पाणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्प
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरतश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
दिव्यानाम्divine
दिव्यानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
पुण्यगन्धिनाम्having holy/fragrant scent
पुण्यगन्धिनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य-गन्धिन्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
देवदुन्दुभयःdivine kettledrums
देवदुन्दुभयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-दुन्दुभि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
नेदुःresounded/roared
नेदुः:
TypeVerb
Rootनद्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
महास्वनाःloud-sounding, of great sound
महास्वनाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा-स्वन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
B
Bharata (dynastic epithet in 'bharataśreṣṭha')
C
celestial flowers (divyāni puṣpāṇi)
D
divine drums (devadundubhi)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the Mahābhārata motif that actions of great moral and historical weight are not merely human events: they are witnessed and, at times, marked by cosmic signs. Such omens suggest that dharma and karma operate on a scale larger than personal victory or defeat.

In the midst of the Shalya Parva’s war narrative, Vaiśampāyana describes a moment being honored by supernatural portents: heavenly flowers fall and divine drums thunder. This is a conventional epic signal that a significant deed or turning point has just taken place and is being acknowledged by higher beings.