Shloka 100
Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha
Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site
एकधा च द्विधा चैव चतुर्धा च महाबलम् | योगिनामीश्वरं देवे शतशशो5थ सहस्रश:
ekadhā ca dvidhā caiva caturdhā ca mahābalam | yoginām īśvaraṃ deve śataśaśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ ||
Sang Dewa Mahaperkasa—Dewa di atas para dewa, Penguasa para yogin—menampakkan daya-Nya sebagai satu, sebagai dua, sebagai empat; dan lagi sebagai ratusan serta ribuan wujud.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Lord’s power is not limited to a single appearance: He can be one, dual, fourfold, and endlessly manifold. This supports a devotional and ethical stance of humility—recognizing a higher order that can encompass and guide even the chaos of war.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, describes the supreme Lord’s vast capacity for manifestation—an affirmation of divine supremacy and multiplicity inserted within the Shalya Parva’s war-time narration to frame events within a larger sacred reality.