Shloka 39
उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis
तृणं च मुसलीभूतमपि तत्र व्यदृश्यत
tṛṇaṃ ca musalībhūtam api tatra vyadṛśyata
Y allí, incluso las briznas de hierba se veían transformadas en mazas: un presagio funesto de que lo ordinario se había vuelto instrumento de ruina, como si el destino mismo hubiera tornado lo inofensivo en dañino.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When collective wrongdoing ripens, even neutral or harmless things can become causes of harm; the verse underscores the inevitability of karmic consequence and the ominous turning of the ordinary into instruments of destruction.
In the Mausala Parva’s account of the Yādavas’ end, the narrator reports a portent: grass in that place is seen as if transformed into clubs, foreshadowing the impending internecine slaughter with musalas.