Shloka 53
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
तेन शब्देन घोरेण मृगाणामथ पक्षिणाम्
tena śabdena ghoreṇa mṛgāṇām atha pakṣiṇām
وبذلك الصوتِ المروّع فزعتِ الوحوشُ والطيورُ واضطربت—اضطرابٌ مشؤومٌ في الطبيعة يعكس رجّةَ الأخلاق في الحرب، ويُنبئ بأن الخوف قد سرى في جميع الأحياء.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how adharma and violence in human affairs reverberate through the natural world: ominous sounds and the panic of animals and birds function as ethical signals that disorder has spread beyond the battlefield into the cosmos.
Vāyudeva describes the effect of a terrifying sound—so intense that it agitates wild animals and birds—serving as an ominous marker of the surrounding crisis and the fearful atmosphere of the war setting.