Shloka 136
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
पश्चादड्गुलयो रूक्षा विरूपा भैरवस्वना: । घण्टाजालावसक्ताश्ष नीलकण्ठा विभीषणा:
paścād aṅgulayo rūkṣā virūpā bhairavasvanāḥ | ghaṇṭājālāvasaktāś ca nīlakaṇṭhā vibhīṣaṇāḥ ||
संजय बोले—तत्पश्चात् रूखी उँगलियों वाले, विकृत आकृति के, भयानक गर्जना करने वाले प्राणी प्रकट हुए। वे घंटियों के गुच्छों से लदे थे, उनके कंठ नील थे और वे देखने में अत्यन्त भयावह थे।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that acts of violence carried out in a lawless, nightmarish manner are accompanied by ominous, dehumanizing signs; the external terror reflects an ethical disorder where restraint and dharma have been abandoned.
In Sañjaya’s report, frightening, misshapen, bell-adorned, blue-throated beings with dreadful cries appear as part of the eerie atmosphere surrounding the events of the Sauptika episode, intensifying the sense of horror and foreboding.