Shloka 456
पार्थस्य विजये राजन् सर्व एवाभिसंसृता: । राजन! ईहामृग, व्यालमृग, मंगलसूचक मृग, पशु और पक्षी, सिंह तथा व्याप्र--ये सब- के-सब अर्जुनकी ही विजयका आग्रह रखने लगे
pārthasya vijaye rājan sarva evābhisaṃsṛtāḥ |
Sañjaya said: “O King, all of them were wholly inclined toward Pārtha’s (Arjuna’s) victory.” In the story, even the omens and the creatures round about are shown as converging in Arjuna’s favor, suggesting a moral momentum behind his cause and foreshadowing the battle’s end.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how righteousness and destined outcome are signaled not only through human strategy but also through narrative ‘omens’: the world itself is depicted as leaning toward the victory of the side aligned with dharma—here, Arjuna.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that all signs and forces are favoring Pārtha (Arjuna). It functions as a brief but emphatic forecast that Arjuna’s success is gathering inevitability.