Shloka 31
ह्वषता कम्पिता भूमिलोंकाश्व सकलास्त्रय: । तच्छुत्वान्तहिंतं भूतं॑ नाम तस्याकरोत् तदा
arjuna uvāca | hṛṣṭatā kampitā bhūmir lokāś ca sakalās trayaḥ | tac chrutvāntarhitaṃ bhūtaṃ nāma tasyākarot tadā ||
हर्षेण कम्पिता भूमिर्लोकाश्च सकलास्त्रयः । तच्छ्रुत्वान्तर्हितं भूतं नाम तस्याकरोत्तदा ॥
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intense human action and emotion in a dharmic crisis (battle) is portrayed as having cosmic resonance, and how hidden forces or agents may reveal themselves at decisive moments—suggesting that events unfold under a larger moral and metaphysical order.
Arjuna reports a dramatic sign: the earth and the three worlds tremble in response to a surge of triumph or excitement. Immediately after this portent, an unseen being that had been concealed makes itself known by declaring its name.