Shloka 863
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
रथेन महता राजन्नुपमा नास्ति यस्य ह । राजन्! तदनन्तर जिसकी कहीं उपमा नहीं थी, उस विशाल रथके द्वारा देवेश्वर महादेवजी समस्त देवताओंसे घिरे हुए वहाँसे चल दिये
rathena mahatā rājann upamā nāsti yasya ha |
Bhīṣma said: “O King, then the Lord of the gods, Mahādeva—surrounded by all the deities—departed from that place in a vast chariot, one whose like had no comparison anywhere.”
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The verse underscores the supremacy and incomparable majesty of the divine (Mahādeva), suggesting that worldly measures of comparison fail before transcendent power; it also frames divine presence as a source of awe and moral authority within the epic’s ethical universe.
Bhīṣma narrates that Mahādeva, attended by the assembled gods, departs from the scene in an immense, incomparable chariot—marking a decisive transition after a divine appearance or intervention.