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संजय उवाच । यथा स भगवान्व्यासः कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् । तथैव सहिताः सर्वे समाजग्मुर्महीक्षितः॥६-१७-१॥
Sañjaya said: Just as the revered Vyāsa, Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, had spoken, so indeed all of them, together, came to the assembly, O ruler of the earth.
english translation
मघाविषयगः सोमस्तद्दिनं प्रत्यपद्यत । दीप्यमानाश्च संपेतुर्दिवि सप्त महाग्रहाः॥६-१७-२॥
On that day the Moon entered the region of Maghā; and in the sky the seven great planets appeared in close conjunction, blazing brightly.
english translation
द्विधाभूत इवादित्य उदये प्रत्यदृश्यत । ज्वलन्त्या शिखया भूयो भानुमानुदितो दिवि॥६-१७-३॥
At sunrise the Sun appeared as if split in two; again, in the sky, the radiant one rose with a blazing crest of flame.
english translation
ववाशिरे च दीप्तायां दिशि गोमायुवायसाः । लिप्समानाः शरीराणि मांसशोणितभोजनाः॥६-१७-४॥
And in a blazing quarter, jackals and crows cried out, seeking bodies—creatures whose sustenance is flesh and blood.
english translation
अहन्यहनि पार्थानां वृद्धः कुरुपितामहः । भरद्वाजात्मजश्चैव प्रातरुत्थाय संयतौ॥६-१७-५॥
Day after day, the aged grandsire of the Kurus and the son of Bharadvāja as well, rising early in the morning, remained disciplined and prepared against the Pārthas.
english translation