Shloka 10
उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents
अन्योन्यमभिमृद्नन्ति नगराणि युयुत्सव: । पद्मोत्पलानि वृक्षेषु जायन्ते कुमुदानि च
anyonyam abhimṛdnanti nagarāṇi yuyutsavaḥ | padmotpalāni vṛkṣeṣu jāyante kumudāni ca ||
യുദ്ധാഗ്രഹത്തോടെ അവർ പരസ്പരത്തിന്റെ നഗരങ്ങളെ ചവിട്ടി പൊടിയാക്കുന്നു; കൂടാതെ പദ്മം, ഉത്പലം, കുമുദം എന്നീ ജലപുഷ്പങ്ങൾ പോലും വൃക്ഷങ്ങളിൽ ജനിക്കുകയാണ്।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
When society is seized by the desire for conflict, normal ethical restraints collapse and even the sense of natural order feels inverted; the verse uses striking imagery to signal the approach of catastrophic war and the spread of adharma.
Vyāsa is describing ominous, unnatural signs and the belligerent mood of people: fighters crush cities as if in play or frenzy, and impossible natural phenomena are reported—water-flowers appearing on trees—indicating a world moving toward the Kurukṣetra war.