Shloka 36
अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः
Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine
प्रेरयत्य भ्रसंघातान् धूमजांश्रोष्मजांश्व॒ यः । प्रथम: प्रथमे मार्गे प्रवहो नाम योडनिल:,“जो धूम तथा गर्मीसे उत्पन्न बादलों और ओलोंको इधरसे उधर ले जाता है, वह प्रथम मार्गमें प्रवाहित होनेवाला 'प्रवह” नामक प्रथम वायु है
prerayaty abhra-saṅghātān dhūma-jān uṣma-jāṁś ca yaḥ | prathamaḥ prathame mārge pravaho nāma yo 'nilaḥ ||
Bhishma berkata: “Angin yang menghalau gugusan awan—yang lahir daripada asap dan yang lahir daripada panas—ke sana ke mari, itulah angin pertama, bernama Pravaha, yang bergerak pada laluan pertama.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that cosmic forces like wind are not random but have defined names, routes, and functions; this supports a dharmic understanding of an ordered universe where even turbulent phenomena operate within lawful courses.
Bhīṣma is instructing (in a cosmological/didactic section of Śānti Parva) by classifying winds; here he identifies the first wind, Pravaha, whose role is to move cloud-masses formed from smoke and heat along the first cosmic path.