Text 31] The Son of Drona Punished 351
TRANSLATION
When the rays of the two brahmastras combined, a great circle of
fire, like the disc of the sun, covered all outer space and the whole
firmament of planets.
PURPORT

The heat created by the flash of a brahmastra resembles the fire in the
sun globe which is exhibited at the time of cosmic annihilation. The radia-
tion of atomic energy is very insignificant in comparison to the heat
produced by a brahmastra. The atomic bomb explosion can at utmost
blow up one globe, but the heat produced by the brahmastra can destroy
the whole cosmic situation. The comparison is, therefore, made to the
heat at the time of annihilation.

TEXT 31
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TAMA: AST: Aa: AHA HAMAT 1122
drstvastra-tejas tu tayos
tril lokan pradahan mahat
dahyamanah prajah sarvah
sarnvartakam amamsata

drstva—thus seeing; astra—weapon; tejah—heat; tu—but; tayoh—of both;
trin—three; lokan—planets; pradahat—blazing; mahat—severely; dahya-
manah—burning; prajah—population; sarvah—all over; samvartakam—the
name of the fire which devastates during the annihilation of the universe;
amamsata—began to think.

TRANSLATION
All the population of the three worlds was scorched by the combined
heat of the weapons. Everyone was reminded of the samvartaka fire which
takes place at the time of annihilation.
PURPORT

The three worlds are the upper, lower and the intermediate planets of

the universe. Although the brahmastra was released on this earth, the heat
