Mahabharata 9.57.68 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 57, Shloka 68
Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57
ततोअन्तरिक्षे निनदो महान भूद् दिवौकसामप्सरसां च नेदुषाम् | पपात चोच्चैरमरप्रवेरित॑ विचित्रपुष्पोत्करवर्षमुत्तमम्
tato 'ntarikṣe ninado mahān abhūd divaukasām apsarasāṃ ca neduṣām | papāta coccair amarapravīritaṃ vicitrapuṣpotkaravarṣam uttamam ||
ಆಗ ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಹರ್ಷಧ್ವನಿ ಮಾಡುವ ದೇವತೆಗಳೂ ಅಪ್ಸರಸೆಯರೂ ಎತ್ತಿದ ಮಹಾ ಕೋಲಾಹಲ ಮೊಳಗಿತು. ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಅಮರರ ಪ್ರೇರಣೆಯಿಂದ ಮೇಲಿಂದ ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಪುಷ್ಪಗುಚ್ಛಗಳ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ವೃಷ್ಟಿ ಸುರಿಯತೊಡಗಿತು.
संजय उवाच
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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.
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