Shloka 82

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

ततो द्वादशवर्षाणि पयोदास्त उपप्लवे । धाराभि: पूरयन्तो वै चोद्यमाना महात्मना,तदनन्तर प्रलयकालके वे पयोधर महात्मा ब्रह्माजीकी प्रेरणा पाकर पृथ्वीको परिपूर्ण करनेके लिये बारह वर्षोतक धारावाहिक वृष्टि करते हैं

Transliteration

tato dvādaśavarṣāṇi payodāsta upaplave | dhārābhiḥ pūrayanto vai codyamānā mahātmanā ||

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം പ്രളയകാലത്ത്, മഹാത്മാവിന്റെ പ്രേരണയാൽ ആ ജലധര മേഘങ്ങൾ ഭൂമിയെ നിറയ്ക്കുവാൻ പന്ത്രണ്ടു വർഷം തുടർച്ചയായി ധാരകളായി മഴ പെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• द्वादश-वर्षाणि: twelve years (as duration)
• द्वादश-वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वादश (संख्या)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पयोदाः: clouds
• पयोदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयोद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त: they/that (referring to the clouds)
• त: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपप्लवे: in the inundation/calamity (time of deluge)
• उपप्लवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धाराभिः: with streams (of rain)
• धाराभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• पूरयन्तः: filling, making full
• पूरयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरय् (धातु; causative of √पॄ/पूर्) → पूरयत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural (present active participle)

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)
• Form: Avyaya

• चोद्यमानाः: being urged/impelled
• चोद्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चुद् (धातु) → चोद्यमान (वर्तमान कर्मणि कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural (present passive participle)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• payodāḥ (clouds)
• upaplava (deluge/inundation)
• mahātman (the Great Being; higher divine agency)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights impermanence and cosmic order: even immense natural forces like world-flooding rains operate under a higher directive, reminding listeners that creation and dissolution follow a larger law beyond human control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a deluge scenario in which rain-clouds, driven by a supreme agency, pour torrents for twelve years, inundating and filling the world—an image associated with pralaya-like devastation.