Shloka 20
Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host
संहारे सर्वतो जाते पृथिव्यां शोकसम्भवे । बद्दीनामुत्तमस्त्रीणां सीमन्तोद्धरणे तथा
saṃhāre sarvato jāte pṛthivyāṃ śokasambhave | baddhīnām uttamastrīṇāṃ sīmanto-ddharaṇe tathā ||
三阇耶说道：当大地四方皆起屠戮，悲恸随之蔓延——当许多高贵妇人发缝间的吉祥朱痕（辛杜罗）因夫君战死而被抹去——那时，战事冲破一切礼法与克制的界限，可怖的凶兆显现，预告毁灭将至。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When war abandons restraint and dharmic limits, its harm is not only physical but social and moral: it spreads grief across the land, symbolized by the wiping away of women’s auspicious marks, and nature itself seems to warn through ominous signs.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield turning into all-sided carnage. The scale of death brings universal sorrow, including the bereavement of many women, and at that moment terrifying portents arise, signaling impending ruin.