Shloka 4
Adhyāya 36: Ghora-yuddha-varṇanam
A Clinical Description of the Intensified Engagement
निःसरन्तो व्यदृश्यन्त सूर्यात् सप्त महाग्रहा:
sañjaya uvāca | niḥsaranto vyadṛśyanta sūryāt sapta mahāgrahāḥ | ulkāpātāḥ prāvartanta diśaś cāgnimayīr iva | avṛṣṭyā vidyutaḥ petur bhayaṅkarāś ca mahānilāḥ ||
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ «នៅពេលនោះ ហាក់ដូចជាមានភពធំៗប្រាំពីរចេញពីព្រះអាទិត្យ។ អាចម៍ផ្កាយធ្លាក់ចុះជាបន្តបន្ទាប់; ទិសទាំងឡាយភ្លឺឆេះដូចមានភ្លើង។ រន្ទះបាញ់ទោះគ្មានភ្លៀង ហើយខ្យល់ព្យុះដ៏គួរឱ្យភ័យខ្លាចក៏កើតឡើង»។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses ominous celestial and atmospheric signs to suggest that collective wrongdoing and war-fury disturb the moral and cosmic order; such portents function as warnings to restrain adharma-driven action and to recognize impending catastrophe.
Sañjaya reports extraordinary portents—planets seeming to emerge from the sun, meteor-falls, fiery horizons, lightning without rain, and violent winds—signaling an inauspicious turn in the war and foreshadowing severe destruction.