Shloka 27
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins
भगवल्लॉकसारस्य सदृशेन वपुष्मता । भुजेन स्वैरमुक्तेन निष्पिष्टोडस्मि महीतले
bhagaval lokasārasya sadṛśena vapuṣmatā | bhujena svairamuktena niṣpiṣṭo ’smi mahītale ||
Kaṇva said: “O Blessed Lord! By your arm—bearing a form befitting the very essence of the world, and laid upon me as if without effort—I have been crushed and cast down upon the earth.”
कण्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights humility before a higher moral-spiritual authority: true power (symbolized by the Lord’s arm) overwhelms ego, and the proper response is reverent recognition rather than resistance or pride.
Kaṇva addresses a revered ‘Bhagavān’ and describes being physically overpowered—‘crushed’ and brought to the ground—by the effortless placement of the Lord’s arm, emphasizing the disparity between human frailty and divine potency.