Shloka 49
Garuḍa–Śakra Saṃvāda and the Retrieval of Amṛta (गरुड–शक्र संवादः अमृत-अपहरण-प्रसङ्गः)
चक्राणि परिघांश्ैव त्रिशूलानि परश्वधान् | शक्तीश्न विविधास्तीक्ष्णा: करवालांश्व निर्मलान् | स्वदेहरूपाण्यादाय गदाश्षोग्रप्रदर्शना:
cakrāṇi parighāṁś caiva triśūlāni paraśvadhān | śaktīś ca vividhās tīkṣṇāḥ karavālāṁś ca nirmalān | svadeharūpāṇy ādāya gadāś cogrāḥ pradarśanāḥ ||
Kāśyapa sprach: „Sie ergriffen Waffen jeder Art — Chakrascheiben, schwere Eisenkeulen (Parigha), Dreizacke, Streitäxte und viele scharfe Speere (Śakti), dazu makellose Schwerter. In Gestalten, die ihren eigenen Leibern glichen, zeigten sie auch furchtbare Streitkolben (Gadā).“
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how the display of force—through an array of formidable weapons and assumed forms—can be used to intimidate and assert dominance; ethically, it hints at the escalation of conflict when power is showcased rather than restrained.
Kaśyapa describes a scene in which beings (implied combatants) arm themselves with many kinds of weapons and manifest fierce, self-like forms, openly exhibiting terrifying maces and other arms as a show of readiness for violent confrontation.