Shloka 10
मायासभायां दुर्योधनस्य अवमान-प्रसङ्गः
Duryodhana’s Humiliation in the Hall of Māyā
पतिष्यत: क्षितितले पञ्चशीर्षाविवोरगौ । तृतीयमेतद् बालस्य ललाटस्थं तु लोचनम्
patiṣyataḥ kṣititale pañcaśīrṣāv ivoragau | tṛtīyam etad bālasya lalāṭasthaṃ tu locanam ||
بھیشم نے کہا— “جب وہ زمین پر گرنے ہی والا تھا تو پانچ سروں والے دو سانپوں کی مانند (دو آنکھیں) نمودار ہوئیں؛ اور یہی بچے کی پیشانی پر قائم تیسری آنکھ ہے۔”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary bodily signs are read as omens indicating an exceptional destiny; in the epic’s ethical world, such portents are taken seriously in assessing a person’s future role and the responsibilities (dharma) that may follow from it.
Bhīṣma describes a wondrous sign seen at the moment the child is about to fall to the ground: two eyes are compared to twin five-hooded serpents, and he notes that the child possesses a third eye located on the forehead.