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अपसव्या मृगाः सर्वे धार्तराष्ट्रस्य केशव । वाचश्चाप्यशरीरिण्यस्तत्पराभवलक्षणम्॥५-१४१-१६॥
All the animals move in the inauspicious leftward course for Dhārtarāṣṭra, O Keśava; and disembodied voices are heard—these are signs of reversal and defeat.
english translation
मयूराः पुष्पशकुना हंसाः सारसचातकाः । जीवं जीवकसंघाश्चाप्यनुगच्छन्ति पाण्डवान्॥५-१४१-१७॥
Peacocks, flower-bright birds, geese, cranes, and cātaka birds—as well as flocks of jīva and jīvaka birds—follow after the Pāṇḍavas.
english translation
गृध्राः काका बडाः श्येना यातुधानाः शलावृकाः । मक्षिकाणां च संघाता अनुगच्छन्ति कौरवान्॥५-१४१-१८॥
Vultures, crows, herons, hawks, yātudhānas, jackals, and swarming flies follow after the Kauravas.
english translation
धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सैन्येषु भेरीणां नास्ति निस्वनः । अनाहताः पाण्डवानां नदन्ति पटहाः किल॥५-१४१-१९॥
In the armies of Dhārtarāṣṭra there is no sound from the bherī kettledrums; but among the Pāṇḍavas, it is said, the paṭaha war-drums resound even without being struck.
english translation
उदपानाश्च नर्दन्ति यथा गोवृषभास्तथा । धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सैन्येषु तत्पराभवलक्षणम्॥५-१४१-२०॥
Wells resound as though lowing like cows and bulls; within Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s forces this is declared a sign of impending defeat.
english translation