Shloka 50
Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)
गुहाकानां च संग्रामे नै#तानं तथैव च झषाणां गजवकक्त्राणामुलूकानां तथैव च
guhākānāṃ ca saṃgrāme naitānaṃ tathaiva ca jhaṣāṇāṃ gajavaktrāṇām ulūkānāṃ tathaiva ca
Arjuna said: “In battle, among the guhākas as well—and likewise among these—among the fishes, among those with elephant-like faces, and likewise among the owls as well.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions less as a moral injunction and more as a catalog of beings associated with conflict and portent; it underscores how, in epic narrative, the natural world and unusual creatures are read as signs surrounding warfare and fate.
Arjuna is speaking and listing various groups—guhākas, fishes, elephant-faced beings, and owls—in connection with ‘battle,’ suggesting a description of strange or ominous presences observed or invoked in a martial context.