Shloka 56
अन्तरिक्षे महाराज विनदन्तो&वतस्यथिरे । महाराज! देवता, दानव, गन्धर्व, नाग, यक्ष, पक्षी, वेदज्ञ महर्षि, स्वधाभोजी पितर, तप, विद्या तथा नाना प्रकारके रूप और बलसे सम्पन्न ओषधियाँ--ये सब-के-सब कोलाहल मचाते हुए अन्तरिक्षमें खड़े हुए थे ।। ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मर्षिभि: सार्थ प्रजापतिभिरेव च
antarikṣe mahārāja vinadanto 'vatastathā | mahārāja devatā dānavā gandharvā nāgā yakṣāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ vedajñā maharṣayaḥ svadhābhojyaḥ pitaraḥ tapaḥ vidyā tathā nānāprakārakai rūpair balaiś ca sampannā oṣadhayaḥ—ete sarve kolāhalaṁ macanta antarikṣe sthitā āsan || brahmā brahmarṣibhiḥ sārthaṁ prajāpātibhir eva ca ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O Hari, umalingawngaw sa langit ang malalakas na sigaw. Mga diyos, mga Dānava, mga Gandharva, mga Nāga, mga Yakṣa, mga ibon, mga dakilang rishi na nakaaalam ng Veda, ang mga Pitṛ na tumatanggap ng handog na svadhā, ang pag-aayuno at banal na kaalaman mismo, at sari-saring mabisang halamang-gamot na may iba’t ibang anyo at lakas—lahat sila’y nakatindig sa gitna ng himpapawid, na nagbubunsod ng malaking kaguluhan. Naroon din si Brahmā, kasama ang mga Brahmarṣi at mga Prajāpati.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the battlefield events as witnessed by the entire cosmos: gods, ancestors, seers, and even personified forces like austerity and knowledge. Ethically, it underscores that war and human choices are not merely private acts; they stand under the scrutiny of dharma and the moral order, with consequences that reverberate beyond the human realm.
Sañjaya describes a vast, noisy assembly of celestial and semi-celestial beings gathered in the sky, as if to observe a decisive moment in the Kurukṣetra war. Brahmā himself appears with Brahmarṣis and Prajāpatis, intensifying the sense that a moment of great cosmic significance is unfolding.