Shloka 52
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
न प्राकाशन्त वेश्मानि धूमरुद्धानि भारत । नीहारसंवृतानीव वनानि गिरयस्तथा
na prākāśanta veśmāni dhūmaruddhāni bhārata | nīhārasaṃvṛtānīva vanāni girayas tathā janamejaya ||
Con ngựa nói: “Hỡi Bhārata, các dinh thất ấy không còn rực sáng nữa, vì bị khói bít nghẹt. Hỡi Janamejaya, chúng hiện ra như rừng và núi bị màn sương che phủ.”
अश्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how destructive forces can rapidly obscure clarity and stability in society—symbolized by smoke darkening homes—serving as a moral warning about actions that create widespread, indiscriminate harm and confusion.
The speaker (the Horse) describes a scene where smoke has filled and blocked the dwellings so completely that they no longer shine, and everything looks as though forests and mountains are covered by fog; the address to Bhārata and Janamejaya frames it as a reported event within the larger account.