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Shloka 7

उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents

स्त्रिय: काश्रित्प्रजायन्ते चतस्र: पजच कन्यका: । जातमात्राश्च नृत्यन्ति गायन्ति च हसन्ति च,कुछ स्त्रियाँ एक ही साथ चार-चार या पाँच-पाँच कन्याएँ पैदा करती हैं। वे कन्याएँ पैदा होते ही नाचती, गाती तथा हँसती हैं

striyaḥ kāścid prajāyante catasraḥ pañca kanyakāḥ | jātamātrāś ca nṛtyanti gāyanti ca hasanti ca ||

หญิงบางคนคลอดบุตรหญิงคราวเดียวสี่หรือห้าคน; และเด็กหญิงเหล่านั้นพอเกิดมาก็เต้นรำ ขับร้อง และหัวเราะทันที

स्त्रियःwomen
स्त्रियः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
काःwhich (what kind of)
काः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
ऋत्menstrual period / season (here: menses)
ऋत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु/ऋत् (स्त्री-प्रत्ययान्त)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्रजायन्तेgive birth / bring forth
प्रजायन्ते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√जन्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada
चतस्रःfour
चतस्रः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपञ्च
कन्यकाःgirls / daughters
कन्यकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकन्यका
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
जातमात्राःjust-born
जातमात्राः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजातमात्र
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नृत्यन्तिdance
नृत्यन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√नृत्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
गायन्तिsing
गायन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√गै
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हसन्तिlaugh
हसन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√हस्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyasa
W
women
D
daughters (kanyakas)

Educational Q&A

The verse conveys that when collective dharma declines and a great calamity approaches, reality itself appears unsettled; extraordinary, unnatural events function as moral-cosmic warnings rather than mere curiosities.

Vyāsa is listing alarming portents seen before the great conflict: among them, women bearing multiple daughters at once, and the newborn girls immediately dancing, singing, and laughing—an eerie sign of impending upheaval.