Shloka 37
Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ
Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response
नरेश्वर! उस समय गीध, बाज, बगले, कंक और हजारों कौवे आपकी सेनाके ऊपर- ऊपर उड़ने लगे ।। गोमायवदश्च प्राक्रोशन् भयदान् दारुणान् रवान् | अकार्षुरपसव्यं च बहुश: पृतनां तव
nareśvara! tadā gṛdhrāḥ śyenā baka-kāṅkāś ca sahasraśaḥ kākaś ca tava senāyā upari-upari vyacaranta. gomāyavaś ca prākrośan bhayadān dāruṇān ravān; akāruṣur apasavyaṃ ca bahuśaḥ pṛtanāṃ tava.
गोमायवश्च प्राक्रोशन् भयदान् दारुणान् रवान्। अकार्षुरपसव्यं च बहुशः पृतनां तव॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the epic frames war not only as physical conflict but as a moral event: ominous signs gather over an army when violence is propelled by unrighteousness, arrogance, and destructive resolve. Such portents function as ethical warnings—signals that adharma invites ruin.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that carrion birds and jackals appear and behave in inauspicious ways over the Kaurava forces. Their circling overhead and leftward (apasavya) movement are traditional battlefield omens, foreshadowing fear, disorder, and impending losses.