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Shloka 5

कुरुसभायां केशवागमन-सत्कारविधानम् / Preparations to Honor Keśava at the Kuru Court

अनभ्रे5शनिनिर्घोष: सविद्युत्‌ समजायत । अन्वगेव च पर्जन्य: प्रावर्षद्‌ विधने भूशम्‌,बिना बादलके ही आकाशमें बिजलीसहित वज्रकी गड़गड़ाहट सुनायी देने लगी। उसके साथ ही पर्जन्यदेवताने मेघोंकी घटा न होनेपर भी प्रचुर जलकी वर्षा की

anabhre śaninirghoṣaḥ savidyut samajāyata | anvageva ca parjanyaḥ prāvarṣad vidhane bhūśam ||

മേഘമില്ലാത്ത ആകാശത്തിലും മിന്നലോടുകൂടിയ ഇടിമുഴക്കം ഉയർന്നു. ഉടൻതന്നെ, മേഘക്കൂട്ടമില്ലാതെയും, പർജന്യൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ ധാരാളം മഴ പെയ്തു.

अनभ्रेwhen there were no clouds / in a cloudless (sky)
अनभ्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअनभ्र
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
शनिनिर्घोषःthunderous roar (lit. the sound/roar of thunderbolt)
शनिनिर्घोषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशनिनिर्घोष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सविद्युत्with lightning
सविद्युत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसविद्युत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
समजायतarose / came to be
समजायत:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + जन्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada
अन्वafterwards / following that
अन्व:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पर्जन्यःParjanya (rain-god) / rain-cloud
पर्जन्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्जन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रावर्षत्rained down
प्रावर्षत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वृष्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
विधनेin (a state of) absence of wealth; in want/scarcity
विधने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविधन
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
भूशम्abundantly / profusely
भूशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूशम्

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
P
Parjanya

Educational Q&A

When adharma intensifies and a great conflict approaches, the epic often depicts nature itself as reflecting moral imbalance through unnatural portents. Such signs urge rulers and communities to recognize the gravity of their choices and return to restraint, truth, and dharma before catastrophe becomes inevitable.

The narrator reports a striking omen: thunder and lightning appear in a cloudless sky, and heavy rain falls even without clouds. This abnormal weather functions as a forewarning that the political situation is moving toward a dangerous, world-shaking confrontation.