Shloka 15
सदण्डशूला दीप्ताग्रा: शीर्यमाणा: समन्ततः । उल्का भूमिं दिव: पेतुराहत्य रविमण्डलम्,आकाशसे बहुत-सी उल्काएँ सूर्यमण्डलसे टकराकर पृथ्वीपर गिरने लगीं। उनके साथ दण्डयुक्त शूल भी गिर रहे थे। उन उल्काओंके अग्रभाग अपनी दीप्तिसे दमक रहे थे। वे सब-की-सब चारों ओर बिखरी पड़ती थीं
sadaṇḍaśūlā dīptāgrāḥ śīryamāṇāḥ samantataḥ | ulkā bhūmiṃ divaḥ petur āhatya ravimaṇḍalam ||
Sañjaya said: Meteors, their tips blazing, fell from the sky to the earth, striking as it were the orb of the sun. Shattering and scattering in every direction, they rained down together with spear-like shafts and staff-armed spikes—an ominous sign in the moral atmosphere of the war, as nature itself seems to mirror the disorder unleashed by adharma and slaughter.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as an omen: when human conduct descends into large-scale violence and adharma, the epic frames the world itself as reflecting that rupture. It is less a doctrinal instruction than an ethical atmosphere—nature’s terrifying signs underscore the gravity of the war’s moral collapse.
Sañjaya reports dreadful portents: meteors with blazing tips fall from the sky to the earth, seeming to strike the sun’s orb, then shatter and scatter in all directions, appearing like weapon-shapes (staff-armed spikes/spears).