Shloka 12
Bhīṣma’s Fall, the Arrow-bed (śara-talpa), and the Establishment of Guard
अपसय् ग्रहाश्चक्रुरलक्ष्माणं दिवाकरम् | अवाक्शिराश्न भगवानुपातिष्ठत चन्द्रमा:,“ग्रहोंने सूर्यकी वामावर्त परिक्रमा करके उन्हें अशुभ लक्षणोंका सूचक बना दिया है, भगवान् चन्द्रमा अपने दोनों कोनोंके सिरे नीचे करके उदित हुए हैं
sañjaya uvāca | apasavyaṃ grahāś cakrur alakṣmāṇaṃ divākaram | avākśirāś ca bhagavān upātiṣṭhata candramāḥ ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “Ang mga planeta ay umikot sa Araw sa kaliwang landas (tandang malas), at tinatakan ito ng mga masamang palatandaan; at ang kagalang-galang na Buwan ay sumikat na nakababa ang dalawang sungay—mga pangitain na ang kaayusang moral ay nayayanig at ang nalalapit na pagpatay ay magiging mabigat at malas.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames war not merely as a political event but as a rupture in dharma reflected in nature: ominous celestial signs symbolize ethical disorder and warn that adharma-driven conflict brings widespread suffering.
Sañjaya reports portents seen in the sky: the planets take an inauspicious leftward course around the Sun, and the Moon rises with its horns turned downward—traditional indicators of impending calamity on the battlefield.