Shloka 34
Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī
Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः
स विशीर्णोडपतच्छैलो भृशमार्तस्वरान् रुवन् तस्मिन् निपतिते त्वन्ये नेदु: शैला भृशं तदा
sa viśīrṇo ’patac chailo bhṛśam ārta-svarān ruvan | tasmin nipatite tv anye neduḥ śailā bhṛśaṃ tadā ||
سکند کے تیروں سے چور چور ہو کر وہ کرونچ پہاڑ نہایت دردناک چیخیں مارتا ہوا گر پڑا۔ اور جب وہ دھڑام سے گرا تو دوسرے پہاڑ بھی اسی وقت بلند آواز سے چیخ اٹھے۔
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses nature’s anguish to underscore the moral weight of destructive force: when violence reaches an extreme, it is portrayed as shaking even the inanimate world, suggesting that harm reverberates beyond the immediate target.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates a dramatic scene in which a mountain, shattered and crying out, collapses; its fall triggers other mountains to roar as well, amplifying the sense of catastrophic impact.