Shloka 26
योज्यमाने ततस्तस्मिन् बाणे धनुषि पूजिते । चचाल पृथिवी राजन् सशैलवनकानना,राजन! उस उत्तम बाणको धनुषपर चढ़ाते ही पर्वत, वन और काननोंसहित सारी पृथ्वी डगमगाने लगी
yojyamāne tatastasmīn bāṇe dhanuṣi pūjite | cacāla pṛthivī rājan saśailavanakānanā ||
Sañjaya sprach: „O König, in dem Augenblick, da jener vortreffliche, verehrte Pfeil auf den Bogen gelegt wurde, begann die ganze Erde—mitsamt ihren Bergen, Wäldern und Hainen—zu beben.“ Der Vers steigert die moralische und erzählerische Schwere der Tat: Das Anlegen einer Waffe von göttlicher Potenz erscheint als Ereignis, das die Ordnung der Welt selbst erschüttert und das katastrophale Gewicht der Kriegseskalation ankündigt.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys that actions in a dharma-crisis—especially the deployment of extraordinary weapons—carry consequences that reverberate beyond individuals, symbolized by the earth’s trembling. It underscores the ethical gravity of escalating violence and the sense that cosmic order reacts to adharma-driven destruction.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that as a revered, powerful arrow is being set on a bow, the entire earth shakes along with mountains and forests—an ominous sign marking the moment as momentous and terrifying within the battle’s unfolding.