Shloka 44
अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः
Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine
येन वेगवता रुग्णा रूक्षेण रुवता नगान् | वायुना सहिता मेघास्ते भवन्ति बलाहका:
yena vegavatā rugṇā rūkṣeṇa ruvatā nagān | vāyunā sahitā meghās te bhavanti balāhakāḥ ||
Disse Bhishma: “Por aquele vento áspero e bramidor, veloz no seu ímpeto, as montanhas são sacudidas. E quando as nuvens são reunidas e impelidas por esse vento, passam a ser chamadas de nuvens ‘balāhaka’.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses vivid natural imagery to define and classify a powerful wind by its observable effects—shaking mountains and driving clouds—illustrating a didactic method: knowledge is grounded in characteristics (lakṣaṇa) and consequences.
In Bhishma’s instructional discourse in the Shanti Parva, he describes a particular fierce wind and explains how clouds, when borne along by that wind, are designated ‘balāhaka’—as part of a broader explanation of natural/cosmic categories.