Shloka 5
तौ दृष्टवा विस्मयं जग्मु: सर्वसैन्यानि मारिष । त्रैलोक्यविजये यत्ताविन्द्रवरोचनाविव,मान्यवर! तीनों लोकोंपर विजय पानेके लिये प्रयत्नशील हुए इन्द्र और बलिके समान उन दोनों वीरोंको आमने-सामने देखकर समस्त सेनाओंको बड़ा विस्मय हुआ
tau dṛṣṭvā vismayaṁ jagmuḥ sarvasainyāni māriṣa | trailokyavijaye yattāv indravarocanāv iva ||
Dijo Sañjaya: Al ver a aquellos dos frente a frente, todos los ejércitos quedaron sobrecogidos de asombro, oh venerable—como Indra y Bali (hijo de Varocana), ambos empeñados en la victoria sobre los tres mundos. La escena parecía el choque de potencias capaces de conquistar el universo, y las huestes contemplaron, sobrecogidas, la magnitud del encuentro.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary power and resolve can inspire collective awe, and it frames human conflict through a mythic lens: when warriors contend with world-shaking ambition, observers sense the moral and cosmic weight of the moment.
Sañjaya reports that the assembled troops, seeing the two opposing heroes confronting each other, are amazed; their face-off is likened to the famed rivalry of Indra and Bali, both depicted as striving for dominion over the three worlds.