Shloka 23
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
अलक्ष्य: प्रभयाहीन: पौर्णमासीं च कार्तिकीम् । चन्द्रो5भूदग्निवर्णश्र॒ पद्मवर्णनभस्तले
alakṣyaḥ prabhayāhīnaḥ paurṇamāsīṃ ca kārtikīm | candro 'bhūd agnivarṇaś ca padmavarṇanabhastale ||
毗舍婆耶那说道：在迦尔蒂迦月的满月之夜，月亮失却光辉，几乎难以辨见；在莲华色的苍穹之中，它竟呈现火焰般的颜色。叙事将此视为凶兆，象征自然秩序的扰乱：战争的不义与将至的毁灭，连天穹也被其阴影所笼罩。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how moral and social collapse surrounding a great war is mirrored by unsettling signs in nature; such omens function as a reminder that adharma disturbs not only human society but symbolically the cosmic order as well.
Vaiśampāyana describes an ominous celestial phenomenon: on the Kārttika full-moon night the moon appears dim and difficult to see, taking on a fire-like hue in the sky—part of the portents surrounding the onset of the Kurukṣetra war.