Shloka 33
Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)
सथूमा न््यपतत् सार्चिर्दिवोल्का नभसभ्ष्युता । तथा वसूनां रुद्राणामादित्यानां च सर्वश:
kāśyapa uvāca | sadhūmā nyapatat sārcir divolkā nabhasā cyutā | tathā vasūnāṁ rudrāṇām ādityānāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ |
आकाश से दिन में ही धुएँ और लपटों सहित उल्का गिरने लगी। इसी प्रकार वसु, रुद्र और आदित्य—सबके बीच सर्वत्र—अभूतपूर्व उपद्रव और भयसूचक उत्पात प्रकट होने लगे।
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s moral logic that disturbances in dharma are reflected as disturbances in the cosmos: ominous signs (meteors, fiery phenomena) function as warnings that grave ethical imbalance and impending conflict are at hand.
Kāśyapa reports a striking omen: a smoke-and-flame meteor falls from the sky, and widespread disturbances appear among major classes of gods (Vasus, Rudras, Ādityas), indicating an extraordinary, foreboding upheaval.