Shloka 22
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 137 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa Counsel and the Ethics of Restraint
विशेषत इहास्माकं निमित्तानि निवेशने । उल्काभि हि प्रदीप्ताभिबाध्यते पृतता तव,“विशेषत: यहाँ हमारे घरमें बुरे निमित्त दृष्टिगोचर होते हैं। जलती हुई उल्काएँ गिरकर तुम्हारी सेनाको पीड़ित कर रही हैं
viśeṣata ihāsmākaṁ nimittāni niveśane | ulkābhir hi pradīptābhir bādhyate pṛtatā tava ||
विशेषत इहास्माकं निमित्तानि निवेशने । उल्काभि हि प्रदीप्ताभिर् बाध्यते पृतना तव ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that when a course of action is ethically compromised and headed toward destructive conflict, nature and circumstance are perceived as issuing warnings (nimitta). Heeding counsel and restraining adharma is implied as the wiser path.
Vaiśampāyana reports that ominous signs are manifesting in their dwelling/camp, specifically that blazing meteors are falling and troubling the listener’s army—an in-story indication of impending calamity connected with the coming war.