Shloka 68
Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57
ततोअन्तरिक्षे निनदो महान भूद् दिवौकसामप्सरसां च नेदुषाम् | पपात चोच्चैरमरप्रवेरित॑ विचित्रपुष्पोत्करवर्षमुत्तमम्,उस समय आकाशमें हर्षध्वनि करनेवाले देवताओं और अप्सराओंका महान् कोलाहल गूँज उठा। साथ ही देवताओंद्वारा बहुत ऊँचेसे की हुई विचित्र पुष्पसमूहोंकी वहाँ अच्छी वर्षा होने लगी
tato 'ntarikṣe ninado mahān abhūd divaukasām apsarasāṃ ca neduṣām | papāta coccair amarapravīritaṃ vicitrapuṣpotkaravarṣam uttamam ||
Then, in the sky, a great roar arose—the jubilant cries of the gods and the resonant exclamations of the apsarases. And, urged on by the immortals, an excellent shower of heaps of variegated flowers fell from on high, marking divine approval and solemn wonder at the deed just witnessed amid the war’s grim course.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid violent conflict, the epic frames certain acts as being witnessed and judged by a larger moral-cosmic order. The celestial acclamation and flower-shower function as a sign of approval or solemn recognition, reminding the listener that dharma and honor are not merely human conventions but are portrayed as having cosmic resonance.
Sañjaya reports a heavenly response: the gods and apsarases raise a great celebratory tumult in the sky, and an excellent rain of many-colored flowers falls from above, indicating a divine reaction to the immediately preceding event on the battlefield.