Shloka 41
Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness
Nivātakavaca engagement
ततः प्रहस्य तद् भूतं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । सह स्त्रीभिर्महाराज पश्यतो मे<द्भधुतोपमम्
tataḥ prahasya tad bhūtaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata | saha strībhiḥ mahārāja paśyato me adbhutopamam ||
પછી તે અલૌકિક પ્રાણી હસ્યું અને, મહારાજ, મારી નજર સામે જ ત્યાં સ્ત્રીઓ સાથે અંતર્ધાન થઈ ગયું—અદ્ભુત સમાન.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the need for humility and discernment: not everything can be subdued by strength or impulse, and one should recognize when an event lies beyond ordinary control, responding with restraint rather than pride.
Arjuna reports that a wondrous, uncanny being laughed and vanished on the spot along with the women, disappearing before his very eyes, emphasizing the extraordinary nature of the encounter.