Shloka 28
महाशिलाश्षापतंस्तत्र तत्र सहस्रश: साशनयश्न वज्ा: | चक्राणि चानेकशतक्षुराणि प्रादुर्बभूवुज्वलनप्रभाणि,जहाँ-तहाँ हजारों बड़ी-बड़ी शिलाएँ गिरने लगीं, बिजलियोंसहित वज्र पड़ने लगे और अग्निके समान दीप्तिमान् कितने ही चक्रों तथा सैकड़ों छूुरोंका प्रादुर्भाव होने लगा
sañjaya uvāca | mahāśilāḥ śarapatantaḥ tatra tatra sahasraśaḥ sāśanayaś ca vajrāḥ | cakrāṇi ca anekaśata-kṣurāṇi prādurbabhūvuḥ jvalana-prabhāṇi ||
Sañjaya said: “There, and all around in many places, thousands of massive rocks began to fall; thunderbolts, accompanied by lightning, struck down; and suddenly there appeared many blazing discs and hundreds of razor-edged weapons, radiant like fire. The battlefield seemed to turn into a scene of cosmic terror, where violence multiplies beyond human measure and the moral order is tested amid overwhelming, unnatural portents.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war can escalate into overwhelming, almost cosmic devastation, suggesting that adharma-driven conflict invites terrifying consequences and tests human steadiness and moral discernment amid chaos.
Sañjaya describes extraordinary battlefield phenomena: huge rocks fall everywhere, lightning-laden thunderbolts strike, and blazing weapon-discs and razor-like blades appear in great numbers, intensifying the sense of dread and supernatural upheaval.