Shloka 153
Yajña-bhāga-vyavasthā and the Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti Framework (यज्ञभागव्यवस्था तथा प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मविवेचनम्)
मेदिनी कम्पिता सर्वा सशैलवनकानना । बलवान् भगवान् विष्णुके द्वारा उस शक्तिके कम्पित किये जानेपर पर्वत, वन और काननोंसहित सारी पृथ्वी काँप उठी
medinī kampitā sarvā saśaila-vanakānanā | balavān bhagavān viṣṇuḥ …
Wika ni Bhishma: Nang yumanig ang makapangyarihang lakas ng Mapalad na Panginoong Vishnu, nanginig ang buong daigdig—kasama ang mga bundok, kagubatan, at mga ligaw na gubat. Ipinakikita ng tagpong ito na kapag nahayag ang banal na puwersa, hindi lamang mga nilalang ang natitinag kundi pati ang mga saligan ng sanlibutan; paalaala ito ng pagkamangha at paggalang na nararapat sa makatarungan at kosmikong kapangyarihan.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the overwhelming, world-shaking potency of divine authority: when the Lord’s power is expressed, creation itself responds. Ethically, it reinforces reverence for dharma upheld by the cosmic Lord and cautions against underestimating righteous, higher power.
Bhishma describes a moment when the earth, along with mountains and forests, trembles due to the manifestation or exertion of Vishnu’s great power—an image used to convey the magnitude of the event being recounted.