Forsooth this presages a great destruction of the Kshatriyas in battle; the shining objects do not come in view and the birds and beasts appear frightful.
ध्रुवं विनाशो युद्धेन क्षत्रियाणां प्रदृश्यते॥ ज्योतींषि न प्रकाशन्ते दारुणा मृगपक्षिणः।