Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तेषां बलवतामासीन्महास्त्राणां समागम: | विव्यथु: सकला येन त्रयो लोकाश्चराचरा:,बड़े-बड़े अस्त्र धारण करनेवाले उन बलवान वीरोंका वह संग्राम इतना भयंकर था कि उससे तीनों लोकोंके समस्त चराचर प्राणी व्यथित हो उठे

Transliteration

teṣāṃ balavatām āsīn mahāstrāṇāṃ samāgamaḥ | vivyathuḥ sakalā yena trayo lokāś carācarāḥ ||

Translation

قال ماركاندييا: بين أولئك المحاربين الأقوياء وقع التقاءٌ مهيبٌ مُرعِب لأسلحةٍ عظمى سماوية. وكان ذلك الاصطدام من الفظاعة بحيث اضطربت وتألمت جميع الكائنات—المتحركة والساكنة—في العوالم الثلاثة، كأن نظام الخلق نفسه يرتجف تحت وطأة عنفٍ منفلت.

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them

बलवताम्of the strong (ones)

आसीत्was

महास्त्राणाम्of great weapons

समागमःencounter; coming together (clash)

विव्यथुःwere distressed; trembled

सकलाःall

येनby which; because of which

त्रयःthree

लोकाःworlds

चराचराःmoving and unmoving (beings)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)

म

महास्त्र (mahāstra, great weapons)

त

त्रयः लोकाः (the three worlds)

च

चराचर (all moving and unmoving beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that unchecked martial power—especially the use of mahāstras—has consequences beyond the battlefield, disturbing the wider moral and cosmic order; strength must be governed by restraint and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a terrifying battle in which mighty warriors unleash and counter powerful weapons; their clash is portrayed as so intense that all beings across the three worlds are shaken.