Shloka 14
ततो वायुर्महाघोष: क्षोभयन् सर्वसागरान् । वियत्स्थो जनयन् मेघाज्जलधारासमाकुलान्
tato vāyur mahāghoṣaḥ kṣobhayan sarvasāgarān | viyatstho janayan meghāj jaladhārāsamākulān ||
Kemudian bertiuplah angin yang ganas, mengaum dengan dentuman besar. Ia mengocak segala lautan hingga bergelora, lalu naik menembusi angkasa dan melahirkan awan-awan tebal yang sarat dengan tirai hujan mencurah, seolah-olah alam sendiri telah digerakkan menuju suatu pergolakan yang dahsyat.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how overwhelming forces of nature can mirror or foreshadow major turns in human affairs; in epic narrative, such cosmic turbulence often functions as a portent, reminding listeners that actions and events unfold within a larger moral and cosmic order.
A tremendous, roaring wind arises, churns the seas, and, moving through the sky, generates rain-laden clouds that pour down in torrents—an image of sudden, ominous atmospheric upheaval.