Shloka 5
दुर्योधनकवचविमर्शः
Duryodhana’s Armor and the Tactical Reassessment
चुक्षुभुश्न महाराज सागरा मकरालया: । प्रतिस्त्रोत: प्रवृत्ताश्न॒ तथा गन्तुं समुद्रगा:,महाराज! ग्राहोंके निवासस्थान समुद्रोंमें ज्वार आ गया। समुद्रगामिनी नदियाँ उलटी धारामें बहकर अपने उद्गमकी ओर जाने लगीं
sañjaya uvāca |
cukṣubhuś ca mahārāja sāgarā makarālayāḥ |
pratistrotaḥ pravṛttāś ca tathā gantuṃ samudragāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O great king, the oceans—abodes of the makaras—were thrown into violent agitation; and the rivers that run to the sea began to flow against their current, as though turning back toward their sources. Such portents signal a profound disturbance in the moral and cosmic order brought on by the fury of war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When adharma and uncontrolled violence dominate, even nature is portrayed as recoiling—through omens like turbulent seas and rivers reversing—warning that moral disorder has consequences beyond the battlefield.
Sañjaya reports ominous signs to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: the oceans churn and sea-bound rivers seem to run upstream, indicating an extraordinary, inauspicious upheaval accompanying the events of the war.