Shloka 56

Devanagari script

साकाशजलपातालां सपर्वतमहावनाम्‌

Transliteration

sākāśajalapātālāṃ saparvatamahāvanām

Translation

Sañjaya said: “(He beheld/caused to tremble) the whole expanse—sky, waters, and the nether regions—together with its mountains and vast forests.”

Word by Word

• साकाशजलपातालाम्: having (with it) sky, waters, and the netherworld
• साकाशजलपातालाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाश-जल-पाताल
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सपर्वतमहावनाम्: with mountains and great forests
• सपर्वतमहावनाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्वत-महा-वन
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• ākāśa (sky)
• jala (waters)
• pātāla (nether regions)
• parvata (mountains)
• mahāvanāni (great forests)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that the destructive force unleashed in unrighteous conflict reverberates beyond human society, symbolically disturbing the entire cosmic order—sky, waters, and the underworld—along with nature (mountains and forests).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, as narrator, uses sweeping cosmological imagery to describe the intensity of the ongoing battle, portraying it as so overwhelming that it seems to shake all realms and the natural world.