Shloka 15
देवाश्ष ऋषय: सिद्धा: पितरश्चापि राक्षस । गन्धर्वोरगरक्षांसि वयांसि पशवस्तथा
devāś ca ṛṣayaḥ siddhāḥ pitaraś cāpi rākṣasa | gandharvoragarakṣāṃsi vayāṃsi paśavas tathā ||
Dijo Vaiśampāyana: “Los dioses, los ṛṣis, los siddhas y los Pitṛs; asimismo los rākṣasas; los gandharvas, los nāgas y otros guardianes o espíritus; las aves y también las bestias: todos estos órdenes de seres estaban implicados.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s vision of a morally charged cosmos: events are not isolated to humans alone but resonate across many orders of beings, implying that actions and disruptions of dharma can have universal repercussions.
Vaiśampāyana enumerates various classes of beings—divine, ancestral, semi-divine, and animal—indicating that a significant occurrence in the story draws the attention or participation of the entire living cosmos.