Shloka 40

Devanagari script

युगान्तसमरूपाणि भूतसम्मोहनानि च । तथा दृष्टवा सुसंरब्धं शक्रं देवै: सहाच्युती

Transliteration

yugāntasamarūpāṇi bhūtasammohanāni ca | tathā dṛṣṭvā susaṃrabdhaṃ śakraṃ devaiḥ sahācyutī ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Seeing those portents that resembled the end of an age—visions that bewildered all beings—and beholding Indra (Śakra) in fierce agitation along with the gods, Acyutī (Kṛṣṇa’s consort/queen) responded to the gravity of the moment, as the divine order itself seemed shaken by ominous signs.

Word by Word

युगान्तसमरूपाणिhaving the form of the end of an age (apocalyptic)

भूतसम्मोहनानिbewilderments/delusions of beings

चand

तथाthus/likewise

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

सुसंरब्धम्highly enraged/very agitated

शक्रम्Śakra (Indra)

देवैःwith/by the gods

सहtogether with

अच्युतीthe two Acyutīs (two women named Acyutī)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śakra (Indra)

Devas (gods)

Acyutī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how moral and cosmic crises are signaled by unsettling portents: when the order upheld by the gods is disturbed, even divine beings become agitated. It frames ethical disorder as something that reverberates through the whole cosmos, not merely human society.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes ominous, end-of-age-like phenomena that bewilder all beings. In response to these signs, Indra is seen in a state of intense agitation together with the gods, and Acyutī is presented as witnessing/engaging with this charged divine moment.