Mahabharata 3.270.3 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 270, Shloka 3
अध्याय २७०: प्रहस्त-वधः, धूम्राक्ष-हननं, कुम्भकर्ण-प्रबोधनम्
Chapter 270: Slaying of Prahasta; Defeat of Dhūmrākṣa; Awakening of Kumbhakarṇa
आदित्यदीप्तां दिशमभ्युपेत्य मृगा द्विजा: क्रूरमिमे वदन्ति । आयासमुग्र॑ प्रतिवेदयन्तो महावनं शत्रुभिबाध्यमानम्
ādityadīptāṃ diśam abhyupetya mṛgā dvijāḥ krūram ime vadanti | āyāsam ugraṃ prativeḍayanto mahāvanaṃ śatrubhir bādhyamānam ||
بھائیو! دیکھو، یہ ہرن اور پرندے سورج سے روشن مشرقی سمت کی طرف دوڑتے ہوئے نہایت سخت آوازیں نکال رہے ہیں، گویا کسی ہولناک آفت کی خبر دے رہے ہوں۔ معلوم ہوتا ہے کہ یہ وسیع جنگل ہمارے دشمنوں کے ہاتھوں ستایا جا رہا ہے۔
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The verse highlights how disorder and hostility in human affairs are mirrored by disturbance in the natural world; attentive observation of signs (nimitta) is portrayed as a prudent, dharma-aligned vigilance in times of danger.
The narrator describes deer and birds rushing toward the sunlit eastern direction while making harsh, ominous cries, interpreted as signaling a severe impending trouble—suggesting that enemies are troubling the great forest.
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