Shloka 34
Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī
Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः
स विशीर्णोडपतच्छैलो भृशमार्तस्वरान् रुवन् तस्मिन् निपतिते त्वन्ये नेदु: शैला भृशं तदा
sa viśīrṇo ’patac chailo bhṛśam ārta-svarān ruvan | tasmin nipatite tv anye neduḥ śailā bhṛśaṃ tadā ||
Mārkaṇḍeya disse: “Despedaçada, aquela montanha tombou, bradando um rugido grave e angustiado. E, quando se espatifou no chão, as outras montanhas também ergueram clamores estrondosos em resposta.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses nature’s anguish to underscore the moral weight of destructive force: when violence reaches an extreme, it is portrayed as shaking even the inanimate world, suggesting that harm reverberates beyond the immediate target.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates a dramatic scene in which a mountain, shattered and crying out, collapses; its fall triggers other mountains to roar as well, amplifying the sense of catastrophic impact.