Shloka 27
भीष्मस्य शरवर्षः — Bhīṣma’s Arrow-Storm and Kṛṣṇa’s Impulse to Intervene
सम्पतन्तश्न दृश्यन्ते गोमायुबलवायसा:
sampatantaś ca dṛśyante gomāyu-balavāyasāḥ
Sañjaya informa que se ven chacales y cuervos poderosos lanzándose en picado juntos—un presagio funesto en el relato de la guerra, que anuncia la cercanía de la matanza y la oscuridad moral que se cierne cuando el dharma es forzado por la violencia.
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.