Shloka 286
भवद्धिरुपलब्धानि कथितानि च संसदि । पितामह! आपने भी तो ऐसे निमित्त (लक्षण) देखे थे, जो भूमण्डलके विनाशकी सूचना देनेवाले थे। आपने कौरवसभामें उनका वर्णन भी किया था
bhavadbhir upalabdhāni kathitāni ca saṃsadi | pitāmaha! āpane bhī to aise nimitta (lakṣaṇa) dekhe the, jo bhūmaṇḍala-ke vināśa-kī sūcanā dene-vāle the | āpane kaurava-sabhā-meṃ unakā varṇana bhī kiyā thā |
迦尔纳曰：“尊贵的祖父（毗湿摩）啊，你亦曾亲见那些不祥之兆，并在王会之中加以陈述——那是预告大地疆域将遭毁灭的征象。你早已在俱卢众人面前说过此事。”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral weight of counsel and foresight: when elders perceive destructive signs and warn the court, ignoring such warnings becomes an ethical failure that hastens collective ruin.
Karna addresses Bhishma, reminding him that Bhishma had earlier seen and publicly described ominous portents in the Kaurava assembly—signs indicating impending devastation—thereby framing the war as long-foretold and preventable.