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Shloka 45

अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः

Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine

दारुणोत्पातसंचारो नभस: स्तनयित्नुमान्‌ । पजञ्चम: स महावेगो विवहो नाम मारुत:

dāruṇotpātasañcāro nabhasaḥ stanayitnumān | pañcamaḥ sa mahāvego vivaho nāma mārutaḥ ||

毗湿摩说道:“第五风名为‘毗婆诃’(Vivaha)——其疾如电,其行带来可怖的凶兆;它穿行长空,挟持雷声沉重的暴风云团。”

दारुणोत्पातसंचारःmovement that brings dreadful portents
दारुणोत्पातसंचारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदारुण-उत्पात-संचार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नभसःfrom the sky
नभसः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनभस्
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
स्तनयित्नुमान्thundering; having thunder
स्तनयित्नुमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्तनयित्नु-मत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पञ्चमःthe fifth
पञ्चमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe/that (wind)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महावेगःof great speed; very swift
महावेगः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा-वेग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विवहःVivaha (name of a wind)
विवहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविवह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नामby name; called
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
मारुतःwind
मारुतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमारुत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
Vivaha (wind)
M
māruta (wind)
N
nabhas (sky)

Educational Q&A

The passage classifies a specific type of wind by its observable effects—speed, thunder-bearing clouds, and ominous disturbances—illustrating the epic’s didactic habit of reading nature as meaningful and ethically significant through the lens of omens (utpāta).

In Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse, he enumerates and names winds; here he identifies the fifth as “Vivaha,” describing it as a violent, sky-ranging gale associated with thunder-cloud formations and fearsome portents.