Shloka 38
उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents
महाभूता भूमिकम्पे चत्वार: सागरा: पृथक् । वेलामुद्वर्तयन्तीव क्षोभयन्तो वसुंधराम्
mahābhūtā bhūmikampe catvāraḥ sāgarāḥ pṛthak | velām udvartayantīva kṣobhayanto vasuṃdharām ||
ວະຍາສະພັນລະນາຄວາມປັ່ນປ່ວນອັນອັບມົງຄົນ: ເມື່ອແຜ່ນດິນໄຫວ ມະຫາສະໝຸດທັງສີ່ ແຕ່ລະສາຍຢູ່ຕາມທິດຂອງຕົນ ດູເໝືອນຈະພຸ້ງລົ້ນຂ້າມຂອບເຂດຝັ່ງຂອງຕົນ ກວນປັ່ນໂລກທັງປວງ. ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ເຖິງການແຕກສະລາຍຂອງແນວແບ່ງທາງທຳມະຊາດ—ຄວາມຮົ່ມເຫຼວທັງດ້ານຈິດທຳແລະຈັກກະວານ ອັນສະທ້ອນຄວາມຮຸນແຮງຂອງສົງຄາມທີ່ກຳລັງເຂົ້າມາ.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
When dharma is strained and great violence nears, the epic portrays nature itself as losing balance—boundaries (velā) that should restrain destructive forces appear to fail. The verse teaches that moral disorder is not merely personal or political; it is depicted as a cosmic disturbance with consequences that engulf the whole world.
Vyāsa reports a portent: an earthquake occurs, and the four oceans seem to surge in their respective quarters, as though crossing their shorelines and agitating the earth. This functions as an ominous sign foreshadowing the catastrophic conflict about to unfold.