Shloka 7
उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents
स्त्रिय: काश्रित्प्रजायन्ते चतस्र: पजच कन्यका: । जातमात्राश्च नृत्यन्ति गायन्ति च हसन्ति च,कुछ स्त्रियाँ एक ही साथ चार-चार या पाँच-पाँच कन्याएँ पैदा करती हैं। वे कन्याएँ पैदा होते ही नाचती, गाती तथा हँसती हैं
striyaḥ kāścid prajāyante catasraḥ pañca kanyakāḥ | jātamātrāś ca nṛtyanti gāyanti ca hasanti ca ||
Vyāsa describes uncanny portents in the world: some women give birth at once to four or five daughters, and those girls, the moment they are born, dance, sing, and laugh. These marvels are told as ominous signs of moral and cosmic disturbance as the great war draws near—when dharma is shaken, nature itself displays disordering wonders.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys that when collective dharma declines and a great calamity approaches, reality itself appears unsettled; extraordinary, unnatural events function as moral-cosmic warnings rather than mere curiosities.
Vyāsa is listing alarming portents seen before the great conflict: among them, women bearing multiple daughters at once, and the newborn girls immediately dancing, singing, and laughing—an eerie sign of impending upheaval.