Shloka 19

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

अड्जप्रत्यज्भसम्भूतश्नतुर्थ्यामभवद्‌ गुह: । लोहिताभ्रेण महता संवृत: सह विद्युता

Transliteration

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

Translation

مارکنڈیہ نے کہا—چوتھے دن اُس (تاریک) نور کے مجتمع تودے سے ایک عظیم غار نمودار ہوا۔ وہ بجلی کی چمک کے ساتھ ایک بڑے سرخ بادل میں ڈھکا ہوا تھا۔

Word by Word

• अण्डज: from the egg-born (i.e., from the egg)
• अण्डज: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्डज
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• प्रत्यग्भ: from the inner/returning radiance (glow)
• प्रत्यग्भ: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यग्भ
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सम्भूतः: arisen, produced
• सम्भूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चतुर्थ्याम्: on the fourth (day/phase)
• चतुर्थ्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अभवत्: became, came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• गुहः: Guha (a being/person named Guha)
• गुहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोहिताभ्रेण: by/with a red cloud
• लोहिताभ्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोहिताभ्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, huge
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• संवृतः: covered, enveloped
• संवृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-वृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• विद्युता: with lightning
• विद्युता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• guha (cavern)
• lohita-abhra (red cloud)
• vidyut (lightning)

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.