Shloka 27
भीष्मस्य शरवर्षः — Bhīṣma’s Arrow-Storm and Kṛṣṇa’s Impulse to Intervene
सम्पतन्तश्न दृश्यन्ते गोमायुबलवायसा:
sampatantaś ca dṛśyante gomāyu-balavāyasāḥ
Sañjaya berichtet, dass Schakale und mächtige Krähen gemeinsam herabstoßen—ein unheilvolles Zeichen in der Kriegserzählung, das die Nähe des Gemetzels und die sich sammelnde moralische Finsternis ankündigt, wenn das Dharma durch Gewalt bedrängt wird.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how traditional omen-language frames war as not merely political conflict but a moral crisis: predatory scavengers gathering signals impending death and warns that adharma and violence bring grim consequences.
Sañjaya describes battlefield portents—jackals and strong crows swooping down—indicating that the field is becoming a place of imminent carnage, where creatures associated with corpses and ruin appear in numbers.