Shloka 39
उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis
तृणं च मुसलीभूतमपि तत्र व्यदृश्यत
tṛṇaṃ ca musalībhūtam api tatra vyadṛśyata
At doon, maging mga talim ng damo ay nakita ring nagiging pamalo—isang masamang pangitain na ang karaniwan ay naging kasangkapan ng kapahamakan, na para bang ang tadhana mismo ang nagbaligtad sa walang-sala upang maging mapanira.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When collective wrongdoing ripens, even neutral or harmless things can become causes of harm; the verse underscores the inevitability of karmic consequence and the ominous turning of the ordinary into instruments of destruction.
In the Mausala Parva’s account of the Yādavas’ end, the narrator reports a portent: grass in that place is seen as if transformed into clubs, foreshadowing the impending internecine slaughter with musalas.