Shloka 121
अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope
तस्मिन्नुपरते शब्दे दिश: सर्वा निनादयन् | अन्तर्हितानां भूतानां नि:ःस्वनस्तुमुलो5भवत्,दर्शकोंका वह तुमुल शब्द बन्द होनेपर सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको प्रतिध्वनित करती हुई अदृश्य भूतों--देवताओंकी यह सम्मिलित आवाज (आकाशवाणी) गूँज उठी--'ये पाण्डव ही हैं!
tasminn uparate śabde diśaḥ sarvā ninādayan | antarhitānāṃ bhūtānāṃ niḥsvanas tumulo 'bhavat |
When that sound had ceased, all the directions seemed to resound in echo; then there arose a tumultuous cry—the reverberating voice of unseen beings (as if gods speaking from the sky)—proclaiming, “These are the Pāṇḍavas!”
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in epic narrative, moral and cosmic order is signaled through omens and authoritative ‘unseen’ voices: the rightful identity of the Pāṇḍavas is affirmed not merely by human testimony but by a wider, quasi-divine confirmation that frames their role in the unfolding dharmic history.
After a prior loud sound stops, the quarters of space seem to echo; then a great uproar-like proclamation arises from invisible beings—an aural omen (ākāśavāṇī-like)—declaring that the persons being referred to are the Pāṇḍavas.