Shloka 104
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
गोमायुसंघाश्च नदन्ति रात्रौ रक्षांस्यथो निष्पतन्त्यन्तरिक्षात् । मृगा: शृगाला: शितिकण्ठाश्न काका गृथ्रा बकाश्नैव तरक्षवश्च
sañjaya uvāca | gomāyusaṅghāś ca nadanti rātrau rakṣāṁsy atho niṣpatanty antarīkṣāt | mṛgāḥ śṛgālāḥ śitikaṇṭhāś ca kākā gṛdhrā bakāś caiva tarakṣavaś ca ||
Sañjaya sagte: „Nachts heulen Rudel von Schakalen laut; und Rākṣasas stürzen, als wären sie aus dem Himmel geschleudert, herab. Hirsche, Schakale, Pfauen, Krähen, Geier, Reiher und Hyänen eilen ebenfalls dicht an meinen Wagen heran.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys that when society moves toward adharma and mass violence, nature and the unseen realm appear disturbed; ominous portents function as moral warnings, urging restraint, right counsel, and a return to dharma before irreversible harm occurs.
Sañjaya reports frightening nighttime signs around his chariot—howling jackals, rākṣasas seeming to descend from the sky, and scavenger or wild birds and beasts gathering—presented as forebodings of the catastrophic war that is drawing near.