Shloka 53
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
तेन शब्देन घोरेण मृगाणामथ पक्षिणाम्
tena śabdena ghoreṇa mṛgāṇām atha pakṣiṇām
ដោយសំឡេងដ៏គួរភ័យខ្លាចនោះ សត្វព្រៃ និងបក្សីទាំងឡាយក៏ភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលរញ្ជួយ—ជាការរំខានអមង្គលក្នុងធម្មជាតិ ដែលឆ្លុះបញ្ចាំងភាពចលាចលនៃធម៌ក្នុងសង្គ្រាម ហើយបញ្ជូនភាពភ័យខ្លាចឲ្យរាលដាលទៅលើសត្វមានជីវិតទាំងអស់។
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how adharma and violence in human affairs reverberate through the natural world: ominous sounds and the panic of animals and birds function as ethical signals that disorder has spread beyond the battlefield into the cosmos.
Vāyudeva describes the effect of a terrifying sound—so intense that it agitates wild animals and birds—serving as an ominous marker of the surrounding crisis and the fearful atmosphere of the war setting.