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] न सहसैव महाराज देवान् सर्वान् प्रमोहयत् । जज्वाल खं सनक्षत्रं प्रमूढ भुवनं भूशम्,महाराज! सहसा समस्त देवताओंको मोहमें डालता हुआ नक्षत्रोंसलहित आकाश प्रज्वलित हो उठा। समस्त संसार अत्यन्त मूढ़-सा हो गया
na sahasaiva mahārāja devān sarvān pramohayat | jajvāla khaṃ sanakṣatraṃ pramūḍhaṃ bhuvanaṃ bhūśam ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O great king, it did not merely in an instant bewilder all the gods; the sky itself, studded with stars, blazed forth. And, O lord of the earth, the whole world became as if stupefied—overwhelmed by that sudden, terrifying upheaval.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even divine beings can be overwhelmed by sudden cosmic disorder; therefore a ruler should cultivate steadiness (dhairya) and discernment, recognizing that fear and confusion arise when the mind is seized by extraordinary events.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a sudden, terrifying phenomenon: the star-filled sky appears to blaze, and the gods and the entire world fall into bewilderment, signaling a major portent within the story’s larger account.