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Question – 55
What were the
nimitta-s seen in Hastinapura when Krishna was travelling from Upaplavya to
Hastinapura?
Answer:
It is said in the
Mahabharata that unpleasant nimitta-s were seen all over the country of the
Kuru-s. They are listed down:
·
Fires
blazed up everywhere.
·
The
earth trembled repeatedly.
·
The
very directions seemed to be reversed and nothing could be distinguished.
·
The
contents of wells and water-vessels by hundreds swelled up and ran out.
·
The
whole universe was enveloped in darkness.
·
The
atmosphere being filled with dust, neither the cardinal nor the subsidiary
points of the horizon could be ascertained.
·
Loud
roars were heard in the sky without any being visible from whom these could
emanate. This phenomenon was noticed all over the country.
·
The
seven large rivers including the Sindhu (Indus) though flowing eastwards then
flowed in opposite direction.
(Pratyag ūhur mahānadyaḥ prāṅmukhāḥ
sindhusattamāḥ
vipārītā diśaḥ sarvā na
prājñāyata kiṃ cana - MB: 5.82.6)
·
A
south-westerly wind, with the harsh rattle of the thunder, uprooting trees by
the thousands, crushed the city of Hastinapura.
(prāmathnād dhāstina puraṃ
vāto dakṣiṇapaścimaḥ
ārujan gaṇaśo vṛkṣān paruṣo bhīmanisvanaḥ -
MB: 5.82.10
