Shloka 68
Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57
ततोअन्तरिक्षे निनदो महान भूद् दिवौकसामप्सरसां च नेदुषाम् | पपात चोच्चैरमरप्रवेरित॑ विचित्रपुष्पोत्करवर्षमुत्तमम्,उस समय आकाशमें हर्षध्वनि करनेवाले देवताओं और अप्सराओंका महान् कोलाहल गूँज उठा। साथ ही देवताओंद्वारा बहुत ऊँचेसे की हुई विचित्र पुष्पसमूहोंकी वहाँ अच्छी वर्षा होने लगी
tato 'ntarikṣe ninado mahān abhūd divaukasām apsarasāṃ ca neduṣām | papāta coccair amarapravīritaṃ vicitrapuṣpotkaravarṣam uttamam ||
Pagkaraan, sa kalangitan ay sumiklab ang isang napakalakas na ugong—ang masiglang sigaw ng mga diyos at ang umaalingawngaw na hiyaw ng mga apsara. At sa udyok ng mga walang-kamatayan, bumuhos mula sa kaitaasan ang isang maringal na ulang-bulaklak, mga bunton ng sari-saring kulay, tanda ng pagsang-ayon ng langit at ng banal na pagkamangha sa naganap sa gitna ng madilim na takbo ng digmaan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid violent conflict, the epic frames certain acts as being witnessed and judged by a larger moral-cosmic order. The celestial acclamation and flower-shower function as a sign of approval or solemn recognition, reminding the listener that dharma and honor are not merely human conventions but are portrayed as having cosmic resonance.
Sañjaya reports a heavenly response: the gods and apsarases raise a great celebratory tumult in the sky, and an excellent rain of many-colored flowers falls from above, indicating a divine reaction to the immediately preceding event on the battlefield.