Shloka 15
उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis
ततस्तूर्यशताकीर्ण नटनर्तकसंकुलम् । अवर्तत महापानं प्रभासे तिग्मतेजसाम्,तदनन्तर वहाँ सैकड़ों प्रकारके बाजे बजने लगे। सब ओर नटों और नर्तकोंका नृत्य होने लगा। इस प्रकार प्रभासक्षेत्रमें प्रचण्ड तेजस्वी यादवोंका वह महापान आरम्भ हुआ
tatas tūryaśatākīrṇaṃ naṭanartakasaṅkulam | avartata mahāpānaṃ prabhāse tigmatajasām ||
Вайшампаяна сказал: Затем, среди грохота сотен музыкальных инструментов и в толпе актёров и плясунов, в Прабхасе началось великое пиршество с питьём для ядавов, пылающих грозным сиянием.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how indulgence—especially intoxication amid revelry—erodes self-control and ethical judgment. In the Mahābhārata’s moral frame, such loss of restraint becomes a proximate cause that allows latent curses and karmic consequences to manifest as catastrophe.
At Prabhāsa, the Yādavas begin a grand drinking festival. Music blares, performers and dancers fill the area, and the atmosphere turns into a large-scale revel—setting the stage for the later escalation into quarrel and destruction in the Mausala narrative.