Shloka 3
भीष्मसेनासंनिवेशः — Bhīṣma’s Mobilization, Omens, and the Kaurava Array
द्विधाभूत इवादित्य उदये प्रत्यदृश्यत । ज्वलन्त्या शिखया भूयो भानुमानुदितो रवि:
dvidhābhūta ivāditya udaye pratyadṛśyata | jvalantyā śikhayā bhūyo bhānumān udito raviḥ ||
Sañjaya disse: Ao nascer do sol, o Sol pareceu como se estivesse dividido em duas partes. E, ao erguer-se, ardia cada vez mais ferozmente, coroado por uma crista flamejante—um brilho ominoso, à altura do dia de batalha.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how nature’s extraordinary signs are read as portents in epic ethics: the battlefield is not merely human conflict but a dharma-crisis mirrored by cosmic imagery, intensifying the sense of inevitable, fateful confrontation.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra an ominous sunrise at the outset of the Kurukṣetra fighting: the Sun seems doubled and rises with heightened, fierce radiance, signaling an extraordinary and perilous day.