Shloka 11
उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents
विष्वग्वाताश्न वान्त्युग्रा रजो नाप्युपशाम्यति । अभीक्षणं कम्पते भूमिरर्क राहुरुपैति च,चारों ओर भयंकर आँधी चल रही है, धूलका उड़ना शान्त नहीं हो रहा है, धरती बारंबार काँप रही है तथा राहु सूर्यके निकट जा रहा है
viṣvag vātāś ca vānty ugrā rajo nāpy upaśāmyati | abhīkṣṇaṁ kampate bhūmir arkaṁ rāhur upaiti ca ||
চাৰিওফালে ভয়ংকৰ ধুমুহা বলিছে; ধূলিৰ উৰণ থমকাই নপৰে। পৃথিৱী বাৰে বাৰে কঁপিছে, আৰু ৰাহু যেন সূৰ্যক গ্ৰাস কৰিবলৈ তাৰ ওচৰলৈ আগবাঢ়িছে।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that adharma and impending mass violence are mirrored by disturbances in the natural and cosmic order. Such portents function as ethical warnings: when rulers and warriors abandon restraint and justice, the world itself seems to recoil, urging reflection on responsibility and the consequences of war.
Vyāsa describes terrifying signs surrounding the onset of the Kurukṣetra war—violent winds, unceasing dust, repeated earthquakes, and an eclipse-like approach of Rāhu to the sun—heightening the sense that the coming battle is not merely political but world-shaking.