06002001a tataH pUrvApare saMdhye samIkSya bhagavAn RSiH 'Seeing then the two armies (standing) on the east and the west, the holy RSi
06002001c sarvavedavidAM zreSTho vyAsasH satyavatIsutaH vyAsa, the son of Satyavati, that foremost of all persons acquainted with the Vedas,
06002002a bhaviSyati raNe ghore bharatAnAmM pitAmahaH when the fierce battle was impending, that grandsire of the bharatas,
06002002c pratyakSadarzI bhagavAn bhUtabhavyabhaviSyavit conversant with the past, the present, and the future, and beholding everything as if it were present before his eyes,
06002003a vaicitravIryaM rAjAnaM sa rahasyamM bravId idam said these words in private unto the royal son of vicitravIrya
06002003c zocantam ArtanM dhyAyantamM putrANAm anayanM tadA who was then distressed and giving way to sorrow, reflecting on the evil policy of his sons.
06002004 vyAsa uvAca 'vyAsa said,--
06002004a rAjan parItakAlAs te putrAz cAnye ca bhUmipAH 'O king, thy sons and the other monarchs have their hour arrived.
06002004c te haniSyanti saGMgrAme samAsAdyetaretaram Mustered in battle they will kill one another.
06002005a teSu kAlaparIteSu vinazyatsu ca bhArata O bharata, their hour having come, they will all perish.
06002005c kAlaparyAyam AjJAya mA sma zoke manaH kRthAH Bearing in mind the changes brought on by time, do not yield thy heart to grief.
06002006a yadi tv icchasi saGMgrAme draSTum enaM vizAmM pate O king, if thou wish to see them (fighting) in battle,
06002006c cakSur dadAni te hanta yuddham etan nizAmaya I will, O son, grant thee vision. Behold the battle.'
06002007 dhRtarASTra uvAca 'dhRtarASTra said,
06002007a na rocaye jJAtivadhanM draSTumM brahmarSisattama --'O best of regenerate RSi, I like not to behold the slaughter of kinsmen.
06002007c yuddham etat tv azeSeNa zRNuyAnM tava tejasA I shall, however, through thy potency hear of this battle minutely.'
06002008 vaizamMpAyana uvAca vaizaMpAyana said --
06002008a tasminn anicchati draSTuM saGMgrAmaM zrotum icchati 'Upon his not wishing to see the battle but wishing to hear of it,
06002008c varANAm Izvaro dAtA saJMjayAya varanM dadau vyAsa, that lord of boons, gave a boon to saJjaya.--
06002009 vyAsa uvAca vyAsa said
06002009a eSa te saJMjayo rAjan yuddham etad vadiSyati 'This saJjaya, O king, will describe the battle to thee.
06002009c etasya sarvaM saGMgrAme naparokSamM bhaviSyati Nothing in the whole battle will be beyond this one's eyes.'
06002010a cakSuSA saJMjayo rAjan divyenaiSa samanvitaH Endued, O king with celestial vision, saJjaya
06002010c kathayiSyati te yuddhaM sarvajJaz ca bhaviSyati will narrate the battle to thee. He will have knowledge of everything.
06002011a prakAzaM vA rahasyaM vA rAtrau vA yadi vA divA Manifest or concealed, (happening) by day or by night,
06002011c manasA cintitam api sarvaM vetsyati saJMjayaH even that which is thought of in the mind, saJjaya shall know everything.
06002012a nainaM zastrANi bhetsyanti nainamM bAdhiSyate zramaH Weapons will not cut him and exertion will not fatigue him.
06002012c gAvalgaNir ayaJM jIvan yuddhAd asmAd vimokSyate This son of Gavalgani will come out of the battle with life.
06002013a ahaJM ca kIrtim eteSAGM kurUNAmM bharatarSabha As regards myself, O bull of bharata's race, the fame of these kurus,
06002013c pANDavAnAJM ca sarveSAmM prathayiSyAmi mA zucaH as also of all the pANDavas, I will spread. Do not grieve.
06002014a diSTam etat purA caiva nAtra zocitum arhasi This is destiny, O tiger among men. It behoveth thee not to give way to grief.
06002014c na caiva zakyaM saMyantuM yato dharmas tato jayaH It is not capable of being prevented. As regards victory, it is there where righteousness is.''
06002015 vaizamMpAyana uvAca vaizaMpAyana said
06002015a evam uktvA sa bhagavAn kurUNAmM prapitAmahaH --'That highly-blessed and holy grandsire of the kurus, having said so,
06002015c punar eva mahAbAhunM dhRtarASTram uvAca ha once more addressed dhRtarASTra and said,--
06002016 vyAsa uvAca vyAsa said
06002016a iha yuddhe mahArAja bhaviSyati mahAn kSayaH 'Great will the slaughter be, O monarch, in this battle.
06002016c yathemAni nimittAni bhayAyAdyopalakSaye I see here also (numerous) omens indicative of terror.
06002017a zyenA gRdhrAz ca kAkAz ca kaGkAz ca sahitA balaiH Hawks and vultures, and crows and herons, together with cranes,
06002017c samMpatanti vanAnteSu samavAyAMz ca kurvate are alighting on the tops of trees and gathering in flocks.
06002018a atyugraJM ca prapazyanti yuddham Anandino dvijAH These birds, delighted at the prospect of battle, are looking down (on the field) before them.
06002018c kravyAdA bhakSayiSyanti mAMsAni gajavAjinAm Carnivorous beasts will feed on the flesh of elephants and steeds.
06002019c kahvAH prayAnti madhyena dakSiNAm abhito dizam are wheeling across the centre towards the southern region.
06002020a ubhe pUrvApare sanMdhye nityamM pazyAmi bhArata In both the twilights, eastern and western, I daily behold, O bharata,
06002020c udayAstamane sUryaGM kabandhaiH parivAritam the sun during his rising and setting to be covered by headless trunks.
06002021a zvetalohitaparyantAH kRSNagrIvAH savidyutaH Tri-coloured clouds with their extremities white and red and necks black, charged with lightning,
06002021c trivarNAH parighAH saMdhau bhAnum AvArayanty uta and resembling maces (in figure) envelope the sun in both twilights.
06002022a jvalitArkendunakSatranM nirvizeSadinakSapam I have seen the sun, the moon, and the stars to be all blazing. No difference in their aspect is to be noted in the evening.
06002022c ahorAtramM mayA dRSTanM tat kSayAya bhaviSyati I have seen this all day and all night. All this forebodes destruction.
06002023a alakSyaH prabhayA hInaH paurNamAsIM ca kArttikIm On even the fifteenth night of the lighted-fortnight in (the month of) Kartika,
06002023c candro 'bhUd agnivarNaz ca samavarNe nabhastale the moon, divested of splendour, became invisible, or of the hue of fire, the firmament being of the hue of the lotus.
06002024a svapsyanti nihatA vIrA bhUmim AvRtya pArthivAH They will be slain and sleep lying down on the earth -- heroic lords of earth,
06002024c rAjAno rAjaputrAz ca zUrAH parighabAhavaH kings and princes, endued with great bravery and possessed of arms resembling maces.
06002025c praNAdaM yudhyato rAtrau raudranM nityamM pralakSaye Daily I notice in the sky during night time the fierce cries of battling boars and cats.
06002026a devatApratimAz cApi kampanti ca hasanti ca The images of gods and goddesses sometimes laugh, sometimes tremble,
06002026c vamanti rudhiraJM cAsyaisH svidyanti prapatanti ca and sometimes again these vomit blood through their mouths and sometimes they sweat and sometimes fall down.
06002027a anAhatA dundubhayaH praNadanti vizAM pate O monarch! drums, without being beaten, give sounds,
06002027c ayuktAz ca pravartante kSatriyANAmM mahArathAH and the great cars of kSatriyas move without (being drawn by) animals yoked to them.
06002028a kokilAzH zatapatrAz ca cASA bhAsAzH zukAs tathA Kokilas, wood-peckers, blue jays, water-cocks, parrots,
06002028c sArasAz ca mayUrAz ca vAco muJcanti dAruNAH crows, and peacocks, utter terrible cries.
06002029a gRhItazastrAbharaNA varmiNo vAjipRSThagAH Here and there, cavalry soldiers, cased in mail, armed with weapons, send forth fierce shouts.
06002029c aruNodayeSu dRzyante zatazazH zalabhavrajAH At sun-rise flights of insects, by hundreds are seen.
06002030c AsId rudhiravarSaJM ca asthivarSaJM ca bhArata In both twilights, the cardinal quarters seem to be ablaze, and the clouds, O bharata, shower dust and flesh.
06002031a yA caiSA vizrutA rAjaMs trailokye sAdhusamMmatA She, O king, who is celebrated over the three worlds and is applauded by the righteous,
06002031c arundhatI tayApy eSa vasiSThaH pRSThataH kRtaH even that (constellation) Arundhati keepeth (her lord) Vasistha on her back.
06002032a rohiNImM pIDayann eSa sthito rAjaJ zanaizcaraH The planet Saturn also, O king, appeareth afflicting (the constellation) Rohini.
06002032c vyAvRttaM lakSma somasya bhaviSyati mahad bhayam The sign of the deer in the Moon hath deviated from its usual position. A great terror is indicated.
06002033a anabhre ca mahAghoraM stanitaM zrUyate 'nizam Even though the sky is cloudless, a terrible roar is heard there.
06002033c vAhanAnAJM ca rudatAmM prapatanty azrubindavaH The animals are all weeping and their tears are falling fast.''
