Shloka 6

अध्याय ८२ — केशवप्रयाणे निमित्तदर्शनम्

Omens and Reception During Keśava’s Departure

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो व्यपेततमसि सूर्य विमलवदगते । मैत्रे मुहूर्ते सम्प्राप्ते मृद्रर्चिेषि दिवाकरे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tato vyapetatamasi sūrye vimalavadgate, maitre muhūrte samprāpte mṛdvarciṣi divākare.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Kemudian, apabila kegelapan telah surut dan matahari terbit dengan sinar yang jernih lagi tidak bernoda; tatkala muhūrta Maitra yang bertuah telah tiba—sementara pembawa siang memancarkan cahaya yang lembut—maka kisah pun beralih kepada tindakan-tindakan yang dilakukan pada saat yang mujur itu.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen; thereafter

व्यपेततमसिwhen the darkness had departed

सूर्येin/at the sun (i.e., when the sun ...)

विमलवत्purely; clearly; as if spotless

अगतेhaving come/risen

मैत्रेin the Maitra (auspicious) [muhūrta]

मुहूर्तेat the muhūrta (time-period)

सम्प्राप्तेhaving arrived; when it had come

मृदु-अर्चिषिin (the sun) of gentle rays

दिवाकरेin the sun (day-maker)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sūrya (the Sun)

Maitra muhūrta

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the traditional emphasis on kāla (right timing): actions—especially those with moral and political weight—are framed as best undertaken at a clear, auspicious moment, suggesting attentiveness to order, propriety, and readiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks a transition into the next events: night has ended, the sun rises with gentle, pure light, and the Maitra muhūrta arrives—setting an auspicious temporal setting for what follows in the story.