Shloka 776
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
शिरोभिरगमन् भूमिं ते हया वातरंहस: । इस प्रकार देवताओंने भगवान् शंकरके सारथिके पदपर उन्हें प्रतेष्ठित कर दिया। जब उस लोकपूजित रथपर ब्रह्माजी चढ़ रहे थे, उस समय वायुके समान वेगशाली घोड़े धरतीपर माथा टेककर बैठ गये थे
śirobhir agaman bhūmiṁ te hayā vātarāṁhasaḥ |
Bhīṣma said: Those horses, swift as the wind, lowered their heads to the earth in reverent submission. Thus the gods established the Lord Śaṅkara’s charioteer in his appointed station. And when Brahmā was about to mount that chariot—honoured and worshipped in that world—the wind-speed steeds sat down, touching the ground with their foreheads, as if to mark the sanctity of the moment and the hierarchy of divine order.
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights dharmic hierarchy and reverence: even powerful beings (wind-swift horses) symbolically submit to sacred authority and auspicious moments. It underscores that rightful station (pada) is established by divine ordinance, and that humility before the sacred order is a mark of propriety.
Bhīṣma describes a divine scene: the gods install Śaṅkara’s charioteer in his proper role, and as Brahmā prepares to mount a revered chariot, the horses bow their heads to the ground and sit, signaling respect and the solemnity of the event.