Shloka 1
Adhyāya 64 — Omens, Conch Signals, and Arjuna’s Assault on the Elephant Division
अत---#क्र- चतु:षष्टितमो<5 ध्याय: राजा अम्बरीषका चरित्र नारद उवाच नाभागमम्बरीषं च मृतं सृज्जय शुश्रुम । यः सहस्रं सहस्राणां राज्ञां चैकस्त्वयोधयत्
nārada uvāca | nābhāgam ambarīṣaṃ ca mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāṃ rājñāṃ caikaḥ tvayodhayat ||
Nārada said: “O Sṛñjaya, we have heard that Nābhāga and Ambarīṣa are dead—Ambarīṣa who, single-handed, fought against thousands upon thousands of kings.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even extraordinary martial glory and renown are bounded by mortality; the verse foregrounds impermanence and sets up reflection on how fame, duty, and death are remembered within dharmic history.
Narada addresses Sṛñjaya and reports what he has heard: that Nābhāga and the famed warrior-king Ambarīṣa have died, emphasizing Ambarīṣa’s legendary feat of fighting vast numbers of kings alone.