Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तेन संनादशब्देन लोकानां क्षोभ आगमत्‌ | संत्रस्ताश्न भृशं लोके देवा: शक्रपुरोगमा:,उस भीषण गर्जनासे समस्त लोकोंमें हलचल मच गयी। स्वर्गलोकमें इन्द्र आदि देवता भी अत्यन्त भयभीत हो उठे

Transliteration

tena saṃnādaśabdena lokānāṃ kṣobha āgamat | saṃtrastāś ca bhṛśaṃ loke devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “By that thunderous, reverberating roar, a great agitation arose throughout the worlds. Even the gods—led by Śakra (Indra)—were seized with intense fear.”

Word by Word

तेनby that

संनाद-शब्देनby the roaring sound

लोकानाम्of the worlds

क्षोभःagitation, upheaval

आगमत्arose, came about

संत्रस्ताःterrified

भृशम्exceedingly, greatly

लोकेin the world (there)

देवाःthe gods

शक्र-पुरोगमाःwith Indra (Śakra) at their head

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Devas

Śakra (Indra)

Loka (the worlds)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that overwhelming manifestations of power can disturb not only individuals but the very order of the worlds; it implicitly cautions that actions producing such upheaval have wide-reaching moral and cosmic consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

A terrifying, thunder-like roar resounds, causing turmoil across the worlds; even the gods, with Indra at their head, become deeply frightened by the magnitude of the sound and its ominous implication.