Shloka 76
निमित्तानि च धन्यानि यथा भीम वदन्ति माम् । निहते सैन्धवे पापे पाण्डवेन महात्मना
nimittāni ca dhanyāni yathā bhīma vadanti mām | nihate saindhave pāpe pāṇḍavena mahātmanā ||
Sañjaya said: “Just as Bhīma tells me, the omens are auspicious. For that sinful Saindhava has been slain by the great-souled Pāṇḍava.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links ethical evaluation with outcomes in war: the fall of a wrongdoer (pāpa Saindhava) is framed as a righteous turning-point, marked by auspicious omens. It reflects the epic’s tendency to read moral order (dharma) through signs and consequences, even amid battlefield chaos.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, according to Bhīma’s account, auspicious signs are appearing because the Saindhava—Jayadratha—has been killed by a Pāṇḍava hero (in the broader episode, Arjuna’s vowed target).