Shloka 4
मौसलोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of the Musala and the Sages’ Pronouncement
उसे देखनेपर बड़े-बड़े धनुर्धर वीर उसके ऊपर लाखों बाणोंका प्रहार करते थे; परंतु सम्पूर्ण भूतोंका विनाश करनेवाले उस कालको वे वेध नहीं पाते थे ।। उत्पेदिरे महावाता दारुणाश्ष् दिने दिने | वृष्ण्यन्धकविनाशाय बहवो लोमहर्षणा:,अब प्रतिदिन अनेक बार भयंकर आँधी उठने लगी, जो रोंगटे खड़े कर देनेवाली थी। उससे वृष्णियों और अन्धकोंके विनाशकी सूचना मिल रही थी
utpedire mahāvātā dāruṇāś ca dine dine | vṛṣṇyandhakavināśāya bahavo lomaharṣaṇāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Day after day, many dreadful, hair-raising gales arose again and again—ominous portents foretelling the destruction of the Vṛṣṇis and the Andhakas. Even mighty archers, though they might shower countless arrows at what they saw, could not pierce or arrest Time, the destroyer of all beings; thus the narrative underscores the moral inevitability of destiny ripening from prior causes.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the inevitability of Kāla (Time): even heroic power cannot avert the ripening of destined consequences. Ethical force lies in recognizing that collective actions and prior causes culminate in unavoidable outcomes.
Repeated, terrifying winds arise day after day as ominous signs indicating the impending destruction of the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka clans, setting the atmosphere for the Mausala Parva’s account of the Yādavas’ end.