Shloka 26
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
देवताप्रतिमाश्चैव कम्पन्ति च हसन्ति च । वमन्ति रुधिरं चास्यै: खिद्यन्ति प्रपतन्ति च,“देवताओंकी मूर्तियाँ काँपती, हँसती, मुँहसे खून उगलती, खिन्न होती और गिर पड़ती हैं
devatāpratimāś caiva kampanti ca hasanti ca | vamanti rudhiraṃ cāsyaiḥ khidyanti prapatanti ca ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「神々の像でさえ凶兆を示す――震え、まるで笑うかのようであり、血を吐き、苦悶して、ついには倒れ落ちる。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that when society moves toward adharma—especially fratricidal war—disturbances are perceived not only in human conduct but symbolically in sacred spaces as well. Such portents function as moral warnings: the impending violence will have consequences that shake the very foundations of order and reverence.
As the Kurukṣetra war approaches, Vaiśampāyana reports a series of inauspicious signs. Here he describes divine images behaving unnaturally—trembling, seeming to laugh, spewing blood, becoming distressed, and falling—intensifying the sense that a great calamity is imminent.