Shloka 29
महोत्पात-लक्षणानि
Omens before Khara’s Assault
एतच्चान्यच्च बहुशो ब्रुवाणाः परमर्षयः।।।।जातकौतूहलास्तत्र विमानस्थाश्च देवताः।ददृशुर्वाहिनीं तेषां राक्षसानां गतायुषाम्।।।।
etac cānyac ca bahuśo bruvāṇāḥ paramarṣayaḥ |
jāta-kautūhalās tatra vimāna-sthāś ca devatāḥ |
dadṛśur vāhinīṃ teṣāṃ rākṣasānāṃ gatāyuṣām ||
പരമർഷിമാർ ഇങ്ങനെ മറ്റും പലവിധമായി പ്രസ്താവിക്കുമ്പോൾ, അവിടെ കൗതുകത്തോടെ വിമാനം അധിഷ്ഠിച്ച ദേവന്മാർ ആയുസ്സ് ക്ഷയിച്ച (നാശനിശ്ചിത) ആ രാക്ഷസസൈന്യത്തെ കണ്ടു.
The great ascetics were talking thus and more. The gods waiting eagerly on heavenly chariots saw the army of the demons whose life span was shortened (who were doomed to death).
FAQs
Dharma is portrayed as inexorable moral causality: those aligned with adharma move toward self-destruction, their ‘life-span reduced’ by their own wrongdoing.
Celestial observers in vimānas watch the rākṣasa army assembling, as seers continue speaking about the unfolding events.
The seers’ virtue is discernment (viveka): they interpret events within a moral cosmos where outcomes reflect righteousness or its absence.