Shloka 28
Rukmī’s Offer of Aid and Arjuna’s Refusal (रुक्मिप्रस्तावः—अर्जुनप्रत्याख्यानम्)
सिंहनादाश्न विविधा वाहनानां च नि:स्वना: । प्रादुरासन्नन भ्रे च वर्ष रुधिरकर्दमम्
siṃhanādāś ca vividhā vāhanānāṃ ca niḥsvanāḥ | prādurāsann anabhrē ca varṣaṃ rudhirakardamam ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。勇士たちの獅子吼のごときさまざまな鬨の声と、戦車をはじめ諸々の乗り物の多様な轟きが、四方に鳴り渡った。しかも空は雲ひとつないのに、血の雨が現れ、地は血泥のぬかるみと化した――戦が解き放つ道義の闇と破滅を予告する、不吉な兆しであった。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames war as ethically catastrophic: even nature seems to protest through ominous signs. The ‘rain of blood’ symbolizes the inevitable human suffering and moral pollution that follow when conflict escalates beyond dharma.
As martial preparations intensify, heroic roars and the rumble of war-vehicles fill the surroundings. Simultaneously, a supernatural portent occurs—blood rains from a cloudless sky, creating a mire—signaling impending slaughter and grave consequences.