Shloka 18
तथापरे द्योतमाना ज्योतींषीवामलाम्बरे | प्रादुरासन् महाराज कार्ष्णायसमया गुडा:
tathāpare dyotamānā jyotīṁṣīvāmalāmbare | prādurāsan mahārāja kārṣṇāyasamayā guḍāḥ ||
قال سانجيا: «ثم، أيها الملك العظيم، ظهرت أشكال أخرى—تلمع كالكواكب في سماء صافية—كتلٌ داكنة بلون الحديد تجلّت فجأة. وكان المشهد نذيرَ انعطافٍ مشؤوم، كأن الطبيعة نفسها تُظهر الآيات وسط عنف الحرب».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how epic narration uses cosmic imagery and ominous manifestations to frame war as not merely human conflict but a moral and fateful crisis, where signs in nature mirror the gravity of adharma and impending destruction.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that additional phenomena appeared on the battlefield—shining like stars against a clear sky—yet described as dark, iron-like masses, suggesting fearful portents accompanying the events of the war.