Shloka 7
तेनारता जातय: क्षुद्रा:लदानवनिशाचरा:,कृष्णमशभ्युद्यतास्त्रं च नादं मुमुचुरुल्बणम् | उन्होंने उस जलते हुए वनको और मारनेके लिये अस्त्र उठाये हुए श्रीकृष्ण तथा अर्जुनको देखा। उत्पात और आर्तनादके शब्दसे उस वनमें खड़े हुए वे सभी प्राणी संत्रस्त- से हो उठे थे। उस वनको अनेक प्रकारसे दग्ध होते देख और अस्त्र उठाये हुए श्रीकृष्णपर दृष्टि डाल भयानक आर्तनाद करने लगे
tenārtā jātayaḥ kṣudrāḥ dānavaniśācarāḥ | kṛṣṇam abhyudyatāstraṃ ca nādaṃ mumucur ulbaṇam ||
Dijo Vaiśaṃpāyana: Afligidas por aquella conflagración, las tribus más bajas—los Dānavas y los seres que vagan en la noche—al ver a Kṛṣṇa con el arma en alto, lanzaron un grito espantoso. Al contemplar el bosque ardiendo de muchas maneras y fijar la mirada en Kṛṣṇa (y en Arjuna) dispuesto a herir, aullaron con angustia temerosa, sacudidos por presagios funestos y por el estruendo de la lamentación.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how adharma-aligned beings respond to righteous force: when confronted by divinely supported resolve (Kṛṣṇa) and heroic agency (Arjuna), they are overwhelmed by fear and confusion. Ethically, it underscores that violence in the epic is framed as consequential—those who thrive on predation and disorder panic when order is asserted, and their lament becomes a sign of the moral reversal brought by dharmic intervention.
As the forest blazes, various beings—described as Dānavas and night-roamers—see Kṛṣṇa (and implicitly Arjuna) with weapons raised to strike down those who try to escape or resist. Terrified by the burning and by the sight of the armed heroes, they emit a loud, dreadful wail and are thrown into panic amid ominous sounds and commotion.