Shloka 11
Rudra’s Omitted Share in the Yajña (रुद्रभागानुपपत्तिः — यज्ञोपाख्यानम्)
हवाकी गति रुक गयी, आग समिधा और घी आदिसे जलानेकी चेष्टा की जानेपर भी प्रज्वलित नहीं होती थी और आकाशमें नक्षत्रोंका समूह उद्विग्न होकर घूमने लगा ।।
na babhau bhāskaraś cāpi somaḥ śrīmuktamaṇḍalaḥ | timireṇākulaṃ sarvam ākāśaṃ cābhavad vṛtam ||
Wika ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: Huminto ang galaw ng hangin; kahit subukang sindihan ang apoy sa pamamagitan ng samidhā at ghee, hindi ito nagliyab. Sa langit, ang pangkat ng mga bituin ay nabalisa at umikot-ikot. Hindi ganap na nagliwanag ang araw, nangupas ang ningning ng buwan, at ang buong kalangitan ay nabalot ng dilim.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames cosmic dimming (sun and moon losing radiance) as a moral-psychological omen: when adharma and cruelty dominate, the world is portrayed as losing clarity and auspiciousness, signaling ethical rupture and its consequences.
In the aftermath of the night events of the Sauptika episode, the narrator describes ominous portents: the sun does not shine, the moon looks lusterless, and darkness covers the sky, heightening the sense of dread and disorder.