Shloka 23
Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman
Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra
तेन संनादशब्देन लोकानां क्षोभ आगमत् | संत्रस्ताश्न भृशं लोके देवा: शक्रपुरोगमा:,उस भीषण गर्जनासे समस्त लोकोंमें हलचल मच गयी। स्वर्गलोकमें इन्द्र आदि देवता भी अत्यन्त भयभीत हो उठे
tena saṃnādaśabdena lokānāṃ kṣobha āgamat | saṃtrastāś ca bhṛśaṃ loke devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ ||
Bhishma berkata: “Dengan bunyi gemuruh yang bergema itu, kegoncangan besar melanda seluruh alam. Bahkan para dewa—dipimpin oleh Śakra (Indra)—turut diselubungi ketakutan yang amat sangat.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that overwhelming manifestations of power can disturb not only individuals but the very order of the worlds; it implicitly cautions that actions producing such upheaval have wide-reaching moral and cosmic consequences.
A terrifying, thunder-like roar resounds, causing turmoil across the worlds; even the gods, with Indra at their head, become deeply frightened by the magnitude of the sound and its ominous implication.