Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अड्जप्रत्यज्भसम्भूतश्नतुर्थ्यामभवद्‌ गुह: । लोहिताभ्रेण महता संवृत: सह विद्युता

Transliteration

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

Translation

மார்கண்டேயர் கூறினார்—நான்காம் நாளில் அந்த (இருள்) ஒளியின் திரண்ட தொகையிலிருந்து ஒரு பேர்குகை தோன்றியது. அது மின்னலுடன் கூடிய பெரும் செம்மேகத்தால் சூழப்பட்டது.

Word by Word

अण्डजfrom the egg-born (i.e., from the egg)

प्रत्यग्भfrom the inner/returning radiance (glow)

सम्भूतःarisen, produced

चतुर्थ्याम्on the fourth (day/phase)

अभवत्became, came to be

गुहःGuha (a being/person named Guha)

लोहिताभ्रेणby/with a red cloud

महताgreat, huge

संवृतःcovered, enveloped

सहtogether with

विद्युताwith lightning

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

guha (cavern)

lohita-abhra (red cloud)

vidyut (lightning)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.