Shloka 56
अन्तरिक्षे महाराज विनदन्तो&वतस्यथिरे । महाराज! देवता, दानव, गन्धर्व, नाग, यक्ष, पक्षी, वेदज्ञ महर्षि, स्वधाभोजी पितर, तप, विद्या तथा नाना प्रकारके रूप और बलसे सम्पन्न ओषधियाँ--ये सब-के-सब कोलाहल मचाते हुए अन्तरिक्षमें खड़े हुए थे ।। ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मर्षिभि: सार्थ प्रजापतिभिरेव च
antarikṣe mahārāja vinadanto 'vatastathā | mahārāja devatā dānavā gandharvā nāgā yakṣāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ vedajñā maharṣayaḥ svadhābhojyaḥ pitaraḥ tapaḥ vidyā tathā nānāprakārakai rūpair balaiś ca sampannā oṣadhayaḥ—ete sarve kolāhalaṁ macanta antarikṣe sthitā āsan || brahmā brahmarṣibhiḥ sārthaṁ prajāpātibhir eva ca ||
Sañjaya disse: “Ó rei, ergueram-se clamores retumbantes no céu. Deuses, Dānavas, Gandharvas, Nāgas, Yakṣas, aves, grandes ṛṣis conhecedores dos Vedas, os Pitṛs que participam das oferendas de svadhā, a própria austeridade e o saber sagrado, e muitas espécies de ervas potentes, dotadas de formas e poderes diversos — todos permaneciam suspensos no ar, levantando grande tumulto. Brahmā também estava ali, acompanhado pelos Brahmarṣis e pelos Prajāpatis.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the battlefield events as witnessed by the entire cosmos: gods, ancestors, seers, and even personified forces like austerity and knowledge. Ethically, it underscores that war and human choices are not merely private acts; they stand under the scrutiny of dharma and the moral order, with consequences that reverberate beyond the human realm.
Sañjaya describes a vast, noisy assembly of celestial and semi-celestial beings gathered in the sky, as if to observe a decisive moment in the Kurukṣetra war. Brahmā himself appears with Brahmarṣis and Prajāpatis, intensifying the sense that a moment of great cosmic significance is unfolding.