Shloka 3
दुर्योधनकवचविमर्शः
Duryodhana’s Armor and the Tactical Reassessment
ववुश्व॒ दारुणा वाता रूक्षा घोराभिशंसिन: । सकबन्धस्तथा<5<दित्ये परिधि: समदृश्यत,रूक्ष, भयसूचक एवं दारुण वायु बहने लगी। (दूसरे दिन सूर्योदय होनेपर) सूर्यमण्डलमें कबन्धयुक्त घेरा देखा गया
sañjaya uvāca |
vavuśva dāruṇā vātā rūkṣā ghorābhiśaṃsinaḥ |
sa-kabandhas tathāditye paridhiḥ samadṛśyata ||
Sanjaya berkata: Angin yang keras dan menggerunkan mula bertiup—kering, kasar, dan sarat petanda, seolah-olah meramalkan bencana. Dan ketika matahari terbit pada hari berikutnya, kelihatan satu lingkaran mengelilingi cakera suria, bertanda rupa “kabandha”—tubuh tanpa kepala—suatu alamat yang menakutkan di tengah perang yang sedang memuncak.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata motif that moral disorder and escalating violence in war are mirrored by ominous natural signs. Such portents intensify ethical urgency: when adharma grows, the world itself seems to warn of approaching catastrophe.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that terrifying, dry winds blow and that at sunrise a strange ring appears around the sun, associated with a kabandha-like form—an inauspicious omen foreshadowing grim events in the battle.