SB 1.14.2
व्यतीताः कतिचिन्मासास्तदा नायात्ततोऽर्जुनः ।
ददर्श घोररूपाणि निमित्तानि कुरूद्वहः ॥ २ ॥
ददर्श घोररूपाणि निमित्तानि कुरूद्वहः ॥ २ ॥
vyatītāḥ katicin māsās tadā nāyāt tato’rjunaḥ
dadarśa ghora-rūpāṇi nimittāni kurūdvahaḥ
dadarśa ghora-rūpāṇi nimittāni kurūdvahaḥ
Synonyms
katicit — many [i.e., seven (sapta)8]; māsāḥ — months; vyatītāḥ — elapsed [vyatikrāntā babhūvuḥ9]; tadā — yet still [kālātikrame’pi]; arjunaḥ — Arjuna; na āyāt — had not returned [nāgataḥ]; tataḥ — from there [Dvārakā]; [at that time (tadā)10]; kuru-udvahaḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira [the uplifter of the Kuru dynasty (kuru-kula-nirvāhakaḥ)11]; dadarśa — began to notice; ghora-rūpāṇi — terrifying [bhayaṅkarāṇi]; nimittāni — omens [natural phenomena boding misfortune (utpātān); on the psychophysical, organismic, and atmospheric dimensions of being (ādhyātmikādhibhautikādhidaivikān)12].
Translation
Many months elapsed, yet Arjuna had still not returned from Dvārakā. At that time, Yudhiṣṭhira, the uplifter of the Kuru dynasty, began to notice terrifying omens.