Shloka 101
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
यत् तद् हयशिर: पार्थ समुदेति वरप्रदम्
yat tad hayaśiraḥ pārtha samudeti varapradam
O Pārtha, jene wunderbare Rossköpfige Erscheinung erhebt sich und tritt hervor—als Spenderin von Gaben.
तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ
Educational Q&A
Extraordinary power is ethically validated by its orientation toward dharma—here signaled by “varapradam,” the capacity to grant boons and benefit others rather than dominate them.
The speaker addresses Pārtha (Arjuna) and describes a remarkable Horse-headed presence that ‘rises forth’ or ‘emerges,’ characterized specifically as a giver of boons, indicating a divine or auspicious intervention.