Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)
सथूमा न््यपतत् सार्चिर्दिवोल्का नभसभ्ष्युता । तथा वसूनां रुद्राणामादित्यानां च सर्वश:
kāśyapa uvāca | sadhūmā nyapatat sārcir divolkā nabhasā cyutā | tathā vasūnāṁ rudrāṇām ādityānāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ |
カ―シュヤパは語った。「天より、煙と炎をまとった隕石が落ちた。同じくヴァス、ルドラ、アーディティヤの間—まさに至るところ—に凶兆と騒擾が起こった。」物語において、これらの不吉な天象は宇宙秩序の亀裂を告げる。神々の領域さえ揺らぐとき、それは大いなる争いと、不義(アダルマ)のもたらす倫理的帰結を予兆し、行いの乱れが自然の乱れとして映し出されることを警めるのである。
कश्यप उवाच
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s moral logic that disturbances in dharma are reflected as disturbances in the cosmos: ominous signs (meteors, fiery phenomena) function as warnings that grave ethical imbalance and impending conflict are at hand.
Kāśyapa reports a striking omen: a smoke-and-flame meteor falls from the sky, and widespread disturbances appear among major classes of gods (Vasus, Rudras, Ādityas), indicating an extraordinary, foreboding upheaval.