Shloka 10
ततस्तिलौदनं भुक्त्वा पुनः पुनरधश्शिराः।तैलेनाभ्यक्तसर्वाङ्गः तैलमेवान्वगाहत।।।।
tatas tilaudanaṃ bhuktvā punaḥ punar adhaḥ-śirāḥ | tailenābhyakta-sarvāṅgas tailam evānvagāhata || 2.69.10 ||
پھر میں نے دیکھا کہ وہ تلوں کے ساتھ پکا ہوا چاول کھا رہا ہے؛ اس کے سارے بدن پر تیل ملا ہوا ہے، اور وہ بار بار سر کے بل تیل ہی میں غوطہ زن ہو رہا ہے۔
Thereafter I beheld him eating rice cooked with sesame seeds, his body besmeared with oil plunging again and again into it (the pool).
FAQs
The verse uses ominous imagery to indicate impending impurity and mourning; it warns that when dharma is disturbed, signs of disorder appear even in the psyche.
Within Bharata’s dream sequence, he witnesses disturbing ritual-like images associated with inauspiciousness and death.
Moral intuition—Bharata’s mind registers the gravity of events before he learns the facts.