Shloka 16

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

ततो द्वितीये दिवसे महान्‌ शब्दो व्यवर्धत

Transliteration

tato dvitīye divase mahān śabdo vyavardhata

Translation

मग दुसऱ्या दिवशी मोठा कोलाहल उठला आणि तो हळूहळू अधिकच वाढत गेला.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• द्वितीये: on the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दिवसे: day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दः: sound/noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यवर्धत: increased/grew
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective emotion and public response can rapidly intensify; in dharmic governance and ritual life, such rising commotion is a sign that leaders must attend carefully to social order, perception, and the ethical stakes of what is unfolding.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira reports a narrative escalation: by the second day, a loud uproar begins and grows, indicating that events around the ongoing proceedings have stirred increasing attention, agitation, or alarm among those present.