Shloka 6
Kurukṣetra-sainyadarśana and Arjuna-viṣāda (धर्मक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः — अर्जुनविषाद)
कात्यायनि महाभागे करालि विजये जये । शिखिपिच्छध्वजधरे नानाभरणभूषिते
arjuna uvāca | kātyāyani mahābhāge karāli vijaye jaye | śikhipicchadhvajadhare nānābharaṇabhūṣite ||
Arjuna berkata: “Wahai Kātyāyanī, yang amat mulia; wahai Karālī yang mengerikan; wahai Vijaya dan Jaya; pembawa panji bertanda bulu merak, berhias aneka perhiasan—kepada-Mu aku bersujud.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Before entering a morally weighty conflict, the warrior seeks alignment with dharma through devotion: acknowledging divine power as both gentle and fearsome, and requesting protection and victory without losing ethical grounding.
Arjuna addresses the Goddess with a series of epithets—Kātyāyanī, Karālī (Kālī), Vijayā, Jayā—praising her as the bearer of a peacock-feather banner and richly adorned, as part of an invocation for support in the impending battle.