Shloka 41
अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः
Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine
समूहा[माना बहुधा येन नीता: पृथग् घना: । वर्षमोक्षकृतारम्भास्ते भवन्ति घनाघना:
samūhā mānā bahudhā yena nītāḥ pṛthag ghanāḥ | varṣamokṣakṛtārambhās te bhavanti ghanāghanāḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Sa pag-uudyok ng puwersang iyon sa iba’t ibang paraan, ang mga ulap—bagaman nagkakahiwa-hiwalay at nagkakalat—ay nagtitipon bilang mga kumpol at sinisimulan ang gawain ng pagpapakawala ng ulan. Kapag naging siksik na parang mga pampang ng ulap, pinasisimulan nila ang pagbuhos na nagtataguyod sa mga nilalang.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the orderly gathering and release of rain-clouds—moved by an unseen agency (wind)—to illustrate regulated action in service of life: forces should collect resources, release them at the right time, and thereby sustain beings in accordance with dharma.
In Bhishma’s discourse in the Shanti Parva, he describes how clouds, though dispersed, are driven to assemble and begin raining. This forms part of a broader explanation of natural processes (especially winds) as sustaining mechanisms within the cosmic order.