Shloka 122
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
अगाच्छोषं समुद्रश्न हिमवांश्व व्यशीर्यत । पृथ्वी काँपने लगी, आकाश विचलित हो गया। समस्त तेजस्वी पदार्थ (ग्रह-नक्षत्र आदि) निष्प्रभ हो गये। ब्रह्मा अपने आसनसे गिर पड़े। समुद्र सूखने लगा और हिमालय पर्वत विदीर्ण होने लगा || १२१ है || तस्मिन्नेवं समुत्पन्ने निमित्ते पाण्डुनन्दन,पाण्डुनन्दन! ऐसे अपशकुन प्रकट होनेपर ब्रह्माजी देवताओं तथा महात्मा ऋषियोंको साथ ले शीघ्र उस स्थानपर आये, जहाँ वह युद्ध हो रहा था
agāc choṣaṁ samudraś ca himavāṁś ca vyaśīryata | pṛthivī cākampata, ākāśaṁ ca vyacalyata | sarvāṇi tejasvīni padārthāḥ (graha-nakṣatrādayaḥ) niṣprabhāṇy abhavan | brahmā cāsanāt papāta | samudraḥ śuṣyate sma, himavān ca vidīryate sma || 121 || tasminn evaṁ samutpanne nimitte pāṇḍunandana, pāṇḍunandana! evaṁvidheṣv apashakuneṣu prādurbhūteṣu brahmā devatābhiḥ saha mahātmabhir ṛṣibhiś ca sārdhaṁ śīghram ājagāma tat sthānaṁ yatra yuddhaṁ pravartate sma || 122 ||
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अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When adharma-driven violence reaches a critical intensity, the tradition portrays the cosmos itself as reacting through ominous signs. The episode underscores moral causality: grave ethical disorder in human action is mirrored as disturbance in the natural and divine order, prompting higher beings (Brahmā, gods, seers) to bear witness and intervene.
A series of catastrophic portents appears—ocean drying, Himalaya splitting, earth and sky shaking, celestial lights dimming, and Brahmā falling from his seat. In response to these inauspicious signs, Brahmā arrives swiftly at the place where the battle is occurring, accompanied by gods and great sages.