ततो मध्यमरात्रौ च गर्जितं श्रूयते महत् । अन्धकारं च संजज्ञे तमोंऽधनरकप्रभम्
tato madhyamarātrau ca garjitaṃ śrūyate mahat | andhakāraṃ ca saṃjajñe tamoṃ'dhanarakaprabham
そのとき真夜中に、巨大な轟きが聞こえ、闇が起こった――盲なる地獄の光のごとく陰鬱であった。
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Listener: null
Scene: At the dead of night, an immense roar tears through the air; darkness thickens into a hellish gloom. The scene is almost monochrome—shadows swallowing forms—suggesting an approaching presence or crisis.
Adharma often announces itself through fear and confusion, yet such omens precede its eventual subduing.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None; it describes atmospheric omens.