Shloka 38
Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ
Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response
अपतद् दीप्यमाना च सनिर्घाता सकम्पना
apatad dīpyamānā ca sanirghātā sakampanā
Sañjaya dit : Cela tomba — flamboyant d’un éclat de feu — accompagné d’un fracas tonitruant et d’un tremblement de la terre. Au cœur de la guerre, de tels présages funestes redoublent la peur et la confusion, rappelant à tous que la violence libère des forces au-delà de la maîtrise humaine, et qu’un conflit chargé d’adharma appelle des signes effroyables.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how violent conflict is shadowed by ominous signs—suggesting that when dharma is strained in war, nature itself seems to respond with dread, urging reflection on the moral cost and uncontrollable consequences of adharma.
Sañjaya reports a sudden fall of a blazing phenomenon, accompanied by a loud crash and trembling—an inauspicious portent occurring amid the events of the Drona Parva, heightening the atmosphere of terror and foreboding.