Shloka 15
Kubera’s Arrival and the Disclosure of Agastya’s Curse
Vaiśaṃpāyana–Janamejaya Narrative
देवाश्ष ऋषय: सिद्धा: पितरश्चापि राक्षस । गन्धर्वोरगरक्षांसि वयांसि पशवस्तथा
devāś ca ṛṣayaḥ siddhāḥ pitaraś cāpi rākṣasa | gandharvoragarakṣāṃsi vayāṃsi paśavas tathā ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Die Götter, die ṛṣis, die siddhas und die Pitṛs; ebenso die Rākṣasas; die Gandharvas, Nāgas und andere Hüter- und Geisterwesen; die Vögel und auch die Tiere — all diese Ordnungen von Wesen waren betroffen.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s vision of a morally charged cosmos: events are not isolated to humans alone but resonate across many orders of beings, implying that actions and disruptions of dharma can have universal repercussions.
Vaiśampāyana enumerates various classes of beings—divine, ancestral, semi-divine, and animal—indicating that a significant occurrence in the story draws the attention or participation of the entire living cosmos.