Shloka 413
चचालाथ सनिर्लहादा दिशश्वैवाविलाभवन् । उस समय समुद्र, वन और चराचर प्राणियोंसहित यह पृथ्वी भयानक रूपसे हिलने लगी। सब ओर वज्रकी-सी गर्जना होने लगी और सारी दिशाएँ मलिन हो गयीं
cacālātha sa-nirlahādā diśaś caivāvilābhavan
तेव्हा समुद्र, वन आणि सर्व चराचर प्राण्यांसह ही पृथ्वी भयानक रीतीने हादरू लागली. सर्व दिशांना वज्रासारखी गर्जना झाली आणि सर्व दिशा मलिन व धूसर झाल्या.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames war as a moral rupture whose effects are not merely human but cosmic: when adharma and mass violence peak, nature is portrayed as reacting with ominous signs. It cautions that actions against dharma disturb the wider order (ṛta/dharma), and consequences reverberate beyond the immediate actors.
Sañjaya reports a terrifying omen: the earth shakes, thunder roars like Indra’s vajra, and the directions turn dim. Such portents typically mark a climactic, catastrophic moment in the battle—signaling impending destruction and the gravity of what is occurring.