Shloka 376
उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents
सहस्रशो महाशब्द: शिखराणि पतन्ति च । जान पड़ता है
sahasraśo mahāśabdaḥ śikharāṇi patanti ca |
ວະຍາສະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຈາກທຸກທິດທາງ ມີສຽງຄືຟ້າຮ້ອງອັນນ່າຢ້ານ ເກີດຂຶ້ນເປັນພັນໆ ແລະແມ່ນແຕ່ຍອດພູກໍແຕກຫຼຸດລົງ. ນິມິດເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ແຜ່ນດິນນີ້ກຳລັງຈະດື່ມເລືອດຂອງກະສັດນັບບໍ່ຖ້ວນ—ເປັນລາງຮ້າຍກ່ອນໜ້າຂອງການຂ້າຟັນອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງອັນບໍ່ຊອບທຳ ເມື່ອທຳມະຖືກຄວາມທະເຍີທະຍານກົດທັບ»។
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames war as a moral catastrophe whose approach is mirrored by nature’s disturbance: when rulers abandon restraint and dharma, the world itself seems to protest, warning that mass violence will bring collective suffering and irreversible loss.
Vyāsa reports ominous signs—terrifying sounds and collapsing mountain peaks—interpreted as foretelling the imminent Kurukṣetra slaughter in which innumerable kings will die, and the earth will be metaphorically ‘sated’ with their blood.