Shloka 15
Portents at the Birth of Diti’s Sons and Hiraṇyākṣa Challenges Varuṇa
दृष्ट्वान्यांश्च महोत्पातानतत्तत्त्वविद: प्रजा: । ब्रह्मपुत्रानृते भीता मेनिरे विश्वसम्प्लवम् ॥ १५ ॥
dṛṣṭvānyāṁś ca mahotpātān atat-tattva-vidaḥ prajāḥ brahma-putrān ṛte bhītā menire viśva-samplavam
Thấy những đại điềm dữ ấy và nhiều điềm khác, mọi người trừ bốn vị Kumaras con của Phạm Thiên đều hoảng sợ. Không hiểu bí mật của các điềm báo, họ tưởng rằng đại hủy diệt vũ trụ đã kề cận.
According to Bhagavad-gītā, Seventh Chapter, the laws of nature are so stringent that it is impossible for the living entity to surpass their enforcement. It is also explained that only those who are fully surrendered to Kṛṣṇa in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can be saved. We can learn from the description of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that it is because of the birth of two great demons that there were so many natural disturbances. It is to be indirectly understood, as previously described, that when there are constant disturbances on the earth, that is an omen that some demoniac people have been born or that the demoniac population has increased. In former days there were only two demons — those born of Diti — yet there were so many disturbances. At the present day, especially in this Age of Kali, these disturbances are always visible, which indicates that the demoniac population has certainly increased.
FAQs
This verse says that when people who do not know the underlying truth (tattva) see terrifying omens, they become afraid and imagine total catastrophe, whereas the wise remain steady.
Because they were tattva-vit—knowers of reality—so they could understand the deeper cause behind the disturbances and did not jump to the conclusion of a universal annihilation.
Do not panic at external “omens”; seek clear understanding through śāstra, guidance of the wise, and steady devotional practice, which replaces fear with discernment.