Shloka 19

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

अड्जप्रत्यज्भसम्भूतश्नतुर्थ्यामभवद्‌ गुह: । लोहिताभ्रेण महता संवृत: सह विद्युता

Transliteration

aḍjapratyajbhasambhūtaś caturthyām abhavad guhaḥ | lohitābhreṇa mahatā saṃvṛtaḥ saha vidyutā ||

Translation

Disse Mārkaṇḍeya: “No quarto dia, surgiu uma vasta caverna, formada da massa reunida daquele fulgor (sombrio). Ela foi envolta por uma grande nuvem rubra, faiscando com relâmpagos.”

Word by Word

• अण्डज: from the egg-born (i.e., from the egg)
• अण्डज: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्डज
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• प्रत्यग्भ: from the inner/returning radiance (glow)
• प्रत्यग्भ: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यग्भ
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सम्भूतः: arisen, produced
• सम्भूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चतुर्थ्याम्: on the fourth (day/phase)
• चतुर्थ्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अभवत्: became, came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• गुहः: Guha (a being/person named Guha)
• गुहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोहिताभ्रेण: by/with a red cloud
• लोहिताभ्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोहिताभ्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, huge
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• संवृतः: covered, enveloped
• संवृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-वृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• विद्युता: with lightning
• विद्युता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• guha (cavern)
• lohita-abhra (red cloud)
• vidyut (lightning)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how extraordinary natural phenomena—clouds, lightning, sudden formations—are narrated as meaningful portents, reminding listeners that human plans unfold within a larger, awe-inspiring cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a dramatic scene: by the fourth day a large cavern appears, and it is shrouded in a massive red cloud accompanied by lightning, heightening the sense of an ominous or wondrous event.