Shloka 2
Sainyavinyāsa–Lakṣaṇa (Disposition of Armies and Battlefield Omens) | सैन्यविन्यास–लक्षणम्
धृतराष्ट्रने पूछा--संजय! सूर्योदयके समय किस पक्षके योद्धा युद्धकी इच्छासे अधिक हर्षका अनुभव करते हुए जान पड़ते थे? भीष्मके नेतृत्वमें निकट आये हुए मेरे सैनिक अथवा भीमसेनकी अध्यक्षतामें आनेवाले पाण्डव सैनिक! उस समय कौन अधिक प्रसन्न थे? ।। केषां जघन्यौ सोमसूर्यो सवायू केषां सेनां श्वापदाश्षाभषन्त । केषां यूनां मुखवर्णा: प्रसन्ना: सर्व होतद् ब्रूहि तत्त्व यथावत्,चन्द्रमा, सूर्य और वायु किनके प्रतिकूल थे? किनकी सेनाकी ओर देखकर हिंसक जन्तु भयंकर शब्द करते थे? किस पक्षके नवयुवकोंके मुखकी कान्ति प्रसन्न थी? ये सब बातें तुम मुझे ठीक-ठीक बताओ
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | sañjaya sūryodaye samaye kasya pakṣasya yoddhā yuddhecchayādhikaṃ harṣam anubhavanta iva dṛśyante sma | bhīṣma-netṛtve samīpam āgatā mama sainikāḥ athavā bhīmasena-pradhānatayā samāyānto pāṇḍava-sainikāḥ | tadā ke ’dhikataram prasannāḥ | keṣāṃ jaghanyau soma-sūryau sa-vāyū | keṣāṃ senāṃ śvāpadāḥ śabdam aśabdaṃs (abhāṣanta) | keṣāṃ yūnāṃ mukha-varṇāḥ prasannāḥ | sarvam etad brūhi tattvato yathāvat ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sañjaya, at sunrise, which side’s warriors seemed to feel the greater exhilaration, eager for battle—my troops who had drawn near under Bhīṣma’s command, or the Pāṇḍava forces advancing under Bhīmasena’s leadership? Who, at that moment, appeared more confident and pleased? For whom were the moon and the sun, along with the wind, inauspicious? Toward which army did the wild beasts cry out ominously? On which side did the young men’s faces shine with glad color? Tell me all this exactly, as it truly was.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच