Shloka 14
भरतचरितम्—मृगासक्ति-हेतुकः समाधिभङ्गः, जातिस्मरत्वं, रहूगण-जाḍभरत-संवादः
ततः समभवत् तत्र पीतप्राये जले तया सिंहस्य नादः सुमहान् सर्वप्राणिभयंकरः
tataḥ samabhavat tatra pītaprāye jale tayā siṃhasya nādaḥ sumahān sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkaraḥ
Then, right there—when the water had nearly been drunk—there arose a mighty roar like that of a lion, immense and terrifying to all living beings.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: The sudden terrifying roar (lion-like) that triggers fear in beings and precipitates the next action
Teaching: Historical
Quality: dramatic
FAQs
In this verse it functions as an overwhelming omen—an audible manifestation of power that shakes the created order and instills fear in all beings, signaling a decisive turn in the episode being narrated.
He frames the event through vivid sensory markers (the water’s yellowing and the immense roar), a Purāṇic style that highlights cosmic causality and the way nature itself responds to extraordinary forces.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the line, the Purāṇic worldview assumes that such world-shaking manifestations occur within Vishnu’s supreme governance of creation, where extraordinary sounds and signs reflect the deeper order upheld by the Supreme Reality.