Shloka 27
Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī
Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः
द्वाभ्यां भुजाभ्यामाकाशं बहुशो निजघान ह । कीडन् भाति महासेनस्त्रीललोकान् वदनै: पिबन्
dvābhyāṃ bhujābhyām ākāśaṃ bahuśo nijaghāna ha | kīḍan bhāti mahāsenas trīl lokān vadanaiḥ piban ||
Dijo Mārkaṇḍeya: Con sus dos brazos golpeó el cielo una y otra vez. Jugando así, el niño Mahāsena parecía como si fuera a beberse los tres mundos con sus bocas: imagen de un poder divino desbordante e indómito que inspira asombro y advierte contra medir la grandeza con criterios ordinarios.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys awe before extraordinary, divine potency: true greatness may manifest beyond ordinary human scale, inviting humility and restraint in judgment.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes the child Mahāsena at play, repeatedly striking the sky with his two arms and seeming, in hyperbolic mythic imagery, capable of drinking up the three worlds.