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Shloka 84

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

सर्वतः सहसा भ्रान्तास्ते पयोदा नभस्तलम्‌ । संवेष्टयित्वा नश्यन्ति वायुवेगपराहता:,तत्पश्चात्‌ समस्त आकाशको घेरकर सब ओर फैले हुए वे मेघ वायुके प्रचण्ड वेगसे छिन्न-भिन्न होकर सहसा अदृश्य हो जाते हैं

sarvataḥ sahasā bhrāntās te payodā nabhastalam | saṃveṣṭayitvā naśyanti vāyuvegaparāhatāḥ ||

اس کے بعد وہ بادل ہر طرف اچانک پریشان ہو کر سارے آسمان کو گھیر لیتے ہیں؛ پھر ہوا کے شدید جھکڑ سے ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہو کر فوراً نظروں سے اوجھل ہو جاتے ہیں۔

सर्वतःfrom all sides / everywhere
सर्वतः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वतस्
Formavyaya (directional/locative sense)
सहसाsuddenly
सहसा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहसा
Formavyaya (manner)
भ्रान्ताःconfused / whirling
भ्रान्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभ्रान्त
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तेthose
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
पयोदाःclouds (water-givers)
पयोदाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपयोद
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
नभस्तलम्the surface/expanse of the sky
नभस्तलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनभस्-तल
Formneuter, accusative, singular
संवेष्टयित्वाhaving enveloped / having surrounded
संवेष्टयित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + वेष्ट्
Formabsolutive (क्त्वान्त), having enveloped
नश्यन्तिdisappear / perish
नश्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootनश्
Formpresent tense (लट्), parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural
वायुवेगपराहताःstruck by the force of the wind
वायुवेगपराहताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवायु-वेग-पराहत
Formmasculine, nominative, plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
P
payodāḥ (clouds)
V
vāyu (wind)
N
nabhastalam (sky)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores impermanence: even vast, sky-filling formations can be dispersed in a moment by stronger forces. In the Mahābhārata’s moral atmosphere, such imagery often supports reflection on the instability of worldly conditions and the need for steadiness of mind.

The narrator describes a sudden atmospheric change: clouds spread across the sky, but powerful winds batter and fragment them until they disappear.