Shloka 4
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ९०: हार्दिक्यस्य पराक्रमः
Kṛtavarmā’s Stand against the Pāṇḍavas
बलानां वायसानां च पुरस्तात् सव्यसाचिन: । बहुलानि सहस्राणि प्राक्रीडंस्तत्र भारत,भारत! वहाँ सव्यसाची अर्जुनके सम्मुख आकाशमें कई हजार कौए और वायस क्रीडा करते हुए उड़ रहे थे
balānāṁ vāyasānāṁ ca purastāt savyasācinaḥ | bahulāni sahasrāṇi prākrīḍaṁs tatra bhārata ||
サンジャヤは言った。「おお、バーラタよ。サヴィヤサーチン（アルジュナ）の前方の空には、幾千もの烏が戯れるように舞い、輪を描いて飛び交っていた——戦のただ中に現れた不吉な徴であり、死の近さと、戦場が刈り取る陰惨な収穫を告げるかのようであった。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how, in a dharmic war narrative, nature’s signs (especially scavenger birds) are read as omens reminding warriors of mortality and the ethical gravity of violence—victory and loss alike are shadowed by death.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that before Arjuna, many thousands of birds—crows and balāḥ—circle and play in the sky, a foreboding battlefield sign suggesting imminent slaughter and the presence of death.