Shloka 14
तेन ज्यातलघोषेण सर्वे लोका: समाकुला: । बभूवुरवशा: पार्थ विषेदुश्च सुरसुरा:,पार्थ! उनके धनुषकी प्रत्यंचाके शब्दसे समस्त लोक व्याकुल और विवश हो उठे और सभी देवता एवं असुर विषादमें मग्न हो गये
tena jyātalaghoṣeṇa sarve lokāḥ samākulāḥ | babhūvur avaśāḥ pārtha viṣeduś ca surāsurāḥ ||
पार्था! त्यांच्या धनुष्याच्या प्रत्यंचेच्या त्या घोर नादाने सर्व लोक व्याकुळ झाले. सर्वजण विवश झाले आणि देव तसेच असुर—दोघेही विषादात बुडाले.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how a single manifestation of concentrated strength can reshape the morale of entire realms: power is not merely physical but also psychological and cosmic in its effects. It implicitly cautions that force—especially in a dharmic context—carries wide consequences, stirring fear, helplessness, and despair even among exalted beings.
Vāyudeva addresses Pārtha (Arjuna) and describes the overwhelming impact of a bowstring’s thunderous twang. That sound agitates all worlds, leaving beings helpless, and causes both devas and asuras to fall into dejection—signaling the extraordinary might and ominous intensity of the moment.