O Bharata, as during a storm a great noise is heard through out the earth, sky, heaven and the waters, so was the sound heard throughout the world at that time and all the people, though they tried to remain steady, became greatly afraid and stumbled.
महीवियद्योसलिलानि वायुना यथा विरुग्णानि नदन्ति भारत। तथैव शब्दं भुवनेषु तं तदा जना व्यवस्यन व्यथिताश्च चस्खलुः॥