Shloka 33
Āśvamedha-dīkṣā-nirdeśaḥ — Scheduling the Initiation and Assigning Protection for the Horse
द्यावापृथिव्यो: खं चैव सर्वमासीत् समावृतम् । उस विशाल सेनाके घोड़ोंकी टापों और रथके पहियोंकी घरघराहटके तुमुल घोषसे पृथ्वी और स्वर्गके बीचका सारा आकाश व्याप्त हो गया था
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
dyāvāpṛthivyoḥ khaṃ caiva sarvam āsīt samāvṛtam |
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Ang buong kalawakan—langit at lupa at ang himpapawid sa pagitan—ay waring natakpan nang lubos, nang umalingawngaw ang magulong dagundong ng napakalaking hukbo: ang kulog ng mga yabag ng kabayo at ang gumugulong na ugong ng mga gulong ng karwahe ay pumuno sa buong gitnang himpapawid.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how immense collective force can metaphorically blanket the world; it implicitly calls for such power—especially royal and military power—to be restrained and directed by dharma rather than allowed to become uncontrolled tumult.
The narrator describes the overwhelming sound and presence of a huge army in motion—horses and chariots—so vast that the space between earth and heaven seems filled and covered by its uproar.