Shloka 9
मौसलोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of the Musala and the Sages’ Pronouncement
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत मौसलपर्वमें मुसलकी उत्पत्तिविषयक पहला अध्याय पूरा हुआ,व्यजायन्त खरा गोषु करभा<श्वतरीषु च । शुनीष्वपि बिडालाश्न मूषिका नकुलीषु च गौओंके पेटसे गदहे, खच्चरियोंसे हाथी, कुतियोंसे बिलाव और नेवलियोंके गर्भसे चूहे पैदा होने लगे
vyajāyanta kharā goṣu karabhāśvatariṣu ca | śunīṣv api biḍālāś ca mūṣikā nakulīṣu ca ||
Vaiśampāyana said: In those days, the natural order of birth became inverted as an ominous sign. Donkeys were born from cows; elephants from she-mules; cats even from bitches; and mice from mongooses.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When dharma declines and collective karma ripens, disorder appears not only in society but symbolically in nature; such portents warn that destructive consequences are imminent.
Vaiśampāyana describes terrifying omens in Dvārakā and among the Yādavas: births occur in reversed, unnatural ways, indicating that calamity and the end of the Yādava line are near.