Shloka 25
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
अन्तरिक्षे वराहस्य वृषदंशस्य चो भयो: । प्रणादं युद्धयतो रात्रौ रौद्रं नित्यं प्रलक्षये,“सूअर और बिलाव दोनों आकाशमें उछल-उछलकर रातमें लड़ते और भयानक गर्जना करते हैं। यह बात मुझे प्रतिदिन दिखायी देती है
antarikṣe varāhasya vṛṣadaṃśasya cobhayoḥ | praṇādaṃ yuddhayato rātrau raudraṃ nityaṃ pralakṣaye ||
قال فايشَمبايانا: «في السماء أرى على الدوام، ليلة بعد ليلة، زئيرًا هائجًا لخنزيرٍ بريٍّ وـvṛṣadaṃśa وهما يقتتلان.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata theme that moral and social breakdown is mirrored by disturbances in nature: terrifying, unnatural signs serve as warnings that violence and adharma are approaching, urging discernment and restraint.
Vaiśampāyana reports a recurring nocturnal portent—two creatures (a boar and a vṛṣadaṃśa) battling in the sky with dreadful roaring—contributing to the atmosphere of impending catastrophe surrounding the great war.