Shloka 383
श्रीमदाकाशमभवद् भूयो मेघाकुलं यथा । अप्सराओं, यक्षों और गन्धर्वोंसे भरा हुआ आकाश ऐसी विशिष्ट शोभा पा रहा था, मानो उसमें मेघोंकी घटा घिर आयी हो
śrīmad ākāśam abhavad bhūyo meghākulaṃ yathā |
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संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how extraordinary, otherworldly signs can accompany decisive moments in the war: the cosmos appears crowded with celestial beings, suggesting that human action unfolds under a larger moral and cosmic order, where events are witnessed and weighed beyond the battlefield.
Sañjaya describes a striking दृश्य: the sky looks densely packed and radiant, as if clouded over, because it is imagined as filled with apsarases, yakṣas, and gandharvas—an omen-like, celestial spectacle surrounding the ongoing conflict.