Shloka 61
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
अपरे जग्मुराकाशमपरे<म्भ: समाविशन् | कितने ही धरतीमें घुस गये, बहुत-से पर्वतोंमें छिप गये, कुछ आकाशमें उड़ चले और दूसरे बहुत-से दानव पानीमें समा गये ।। ६० $ ।। तस्मिन् महति संवृत्ते समरे भूशदारुणे
apare jagmur ākāśam apare 'mbhaḥ samāviśan | kitane hī dhartīmeṁ ghus gaye, bahut-se parvatoṁ meṁ chip gaye, kucha ākāśa meṁ uṛ cale aur dūsare bahut-se dānava pānī meṁ samā gaye || 60 || tasmin mahati saṁvṛtte samare bhūśadāruṇe
毗湿摩说道：“有的奔向虚空，有的没入水中。在那场浩大而可怖的战斗里，许多遁入大地，许多藏身群山；有的振翅穿行天际，更多的魔众则沉没水下而不见。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the destabilizing power of violent conflict: when battle becomes overwhelming, even powerful beings abandon pride and scatter in fear. Ethically, it hints that adharma-driven war produces chaos that harms the world itself (bhūśadāruṇa), not merely the combatants.
Bhishma describes a massive battle in which different groups of dānavas attempt to escape by various routes—some into the sky, some into water, others into the earth or mountains—emphasizing the scale and terror of the confrontation.