Shloka 17
मौसलोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of the Musala and the Sages’ Pronouncement
नदन्तं पाउ्चजन्यं च वृष्ण्यन्धकनिवेशने । समन्तात् पर्यवाशन्त रासभा दारुणस्वरा:,जब भगवान् श्रीकृष्णका पाज्चजन्य शंख बजता था, तब वृष्णियों और अन्धकोंके घरके आस-पास चारों ओर भयंकर स्वरवाले गदहे रेंकने लगते थे
nadantaṃ pāñcajanyaṃ ca vṛṣṇyandhaka-niveśane | samantāt paryavāśanta rāsabhā dāruṇa-svarāḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：在弗利什尼族与安陀迦族的聚居之地，每当吹响“般遮迦尼耶”（Pāñcajanya）神螺时，四周便有驴子发出凄厉可怖的嘶鸣。那不祥之声如同道德的警诫：当一个共同体的内在秩序衰败时，纵然是神圣或英雄的号令，也会被预示毁灭的征兆所回应。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how moral and social deterioration manifests as inauspicious signs: even a sacred emblem like Kṛṣṇa’s conch becomes accompanied by ominous sounds, suggesting that when dharma wanes, warnings arise before inevitable consequences unfold.
In the Vṛṣṇi–Andhaka settlement, whenever Kṛṣṇa’s conch Pāñcajanya is heard, donkeys bray loudly from all directions—an explicit bad omen foreshadowing the coming calamity of the Yādava clan in the Mausala Parva.