Shloka 7
Udyoga Parva 142: Vidura’s warning to Kuntī and Kuntī’s resolve to meet Karṇa
Gaṅgātīra encounter begins
पराजयं धार्तराष्ट्रे विजयं च युधिष्ठिरे । शंसन्त इव वार्ष्णेय विविधा रोमहर्षणा:,वृष्णिनन्दन! वे रोंगटे खड़े कर देनेवाले विविध उत्पात मानो दुर्योधनकी पराजय और युधिष्ठिरकी विजय घोषित करते हैं
parājayaṃ dhārtarāṣṭre vijayaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhire | śaṃsanta iva vārṣṇeya vividhā romaharṣaṇāḥ ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Vārṣṇeya (keturunan Vṛṣṇi), pelbagai alamat yang membuat bulu roma berdiri ini seakan-akan mengisytiharkan kekalahan putera Dhṛtarāṣṭra dan kemenangan Yudhiṣṭhira.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames portents as moral indicators: when adharma dominates (here associated with Duryodhana), the world itself seems to signal its impending collapse, while dharma (associated with Yudhiṣṭhira) is aligned with eventual victory.
Sañjaya reports to Kṛṣṇa that numerous frightening omens are appearing, and he interprets them as foretelling Duryodhana’s defeat and Yudhiṣṭhira’s success as the conflict approaches.