Shloka 57
शध्वान: काकाश्च गृध्राश्च वृका गोमायुभि: सह | प्रणेदुर्भक्ष्यमासाद्य विकृताश्च मृगद्धिजा:,कुत्ते, कौए, गीध, भेड़िये तथा गीदड़ आदि विकराल पशु-पक्षी वहाँ अपना आहार पाकर हर्षनाद करने लगे
śaśvānāḥ kākaś ca gṛdhrāś ca vṛkā gomāyubhiḥ saha | praṇedur bhakṣyam āsādya vikṛtāś ca mṛgadvijāḥ ||
三阇耶说道：豺狼、乌鸦、秃鹫、群狼与鬣狗——以及其他阴森可怖的兽与鸟——得了食物，便发出粗厉而欢腾的叫声。战场遍布倒下者，遂成食腐之徒的盛宴，这是战争所释放的道德败坏与苦难的冷峻凶兆。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical cost of war: when humans abandon restraint and dharma, the battlefield turns into a place where death is normalized—so much so that scavengers rejoice. It functions as a moral warning that violence degrades the world and invites inauspiciousness.
Sañjaya describes ominous battlefield sights: scavenging animals and birds (jackals, crows, vultures, wolves, hyenas) find carrion and cry out loudly, suggesting heavy slaughter and foreboding consequences in the Kurukṣetra war.