Shloka 11
उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents
विष्वग्वाताश्न वान्त्युग्रा रजो नाप्युपशाम्यति । अभीक्षणं कम्पते भूमिरर्क राहुरुपैति च,चारों ओर भयंकर आँधी चल रही है, धूलका उड़ना शान्त नहीं हो रहा है, धरती बारंबार काँप रही है तथा राहु सूर्यके निकट जा रहा है
viṣvag vātāś ca vānty ugrā rajo nāpy upaśāmyati | abhīkṣṇaṁ kampate bhūmir arkaṁ rāhur upaiti ca ||
Vyāsa reports ominous portents on the eve of the great conflict: fierce winds rage in every direction and the dust will not settle; the earth repeatedly trembles; and Rāhu moves toward the sun, as if to seize it. These signs frame the war as a moral crisis for the world—nature itself reflecting the disorder unleashed when kṣatriya power turns toward fratricidal destruction and dharma is strained to its limits.
व्यास उवाच