Shloka 36
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
तत्रापश्यत् तदा युद्धं भगदत्तकिरीटिनोः ।
निरन्तरं शरैरासीदाकाशं शलभैरिव ॥
tatrāpaśyat tadā yuddhaṃ bhagadatta-kirīṭinoḥ | nirantaraṃ śarair āsīd ākāśaṃ śalabhair iva ||
Allí contempló la batalla entre Bhagadatta y el guerrero ceñido con diadema. El cielo quedó ininterrumpidamente colmado de flechas, como si estuviera lleno de enjambres de polillas/langostas.
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FAQs
The verse primarily functions as vīra-rasa (heroic) description rather than direct moral instruction: it conveys the overwhelming intensity of conflict and the consequential force of human action (karma) in the public sphere of kṣatriya duty.
This is not sarga/pratisarga (creation), vaṃśa (genealogy), manvantara (cosmic age), or vaṃśānucarita (dynastic chronicles) in a strict technical sense; it is best classified as vaṃśānucarita/itihāsa-style narrative material embedded in the Purāṇa’s broader composition.
The ‘sky filled with arrows’ can be read symbolically as the mind-space (ākāśa) crowded by incessant vṛttis (projectiles of intention and reaction). The śalabha-simile suggests how innumerable small impulses, when swarming, obscure clarity—an image later Purāṇic and yogic traditions often use to contrast distraction with steadiness.