Shloka 35
Yudhiṣṭhira–Droṇa Saṃgrāma
Engagement and Countermeasures
समुद्रांक्षाद्भुताकारानपश्यद् बहुलाकरान्,बहुत-से रत्नोंकी खानोंसे युक्त समुद्र भी अद्भुत आकारमें दृष्टिगोचर हो रहे थे। इस प्रकार पृथ्वी, अन्तरिक्ष और आकाशका एक साथ दर्शन करके आश्वर्यचकित हुए अर्जुन श्रीकृष्णके साथ विष्णुपद (उच्चतम आकाश)-में यात्रा करने लगे। वे धनुषसे चलाये हुए बाणके समान आगे बढ़ रहे थे
sañjaya uvāca | samudrān kṣād adbhutākārān apaśyad bahulākārān | bahu-śo ratna-khānābhiḥ yukto 'pi samudro 'dbhuta-ākāreṇa dṛṣṭi-gocaro 'bhavat | evaṃ pṛthivīm antarikṣaṃ ca ākāśaṃ ca yugapad dṛṣṭvā āścarya-cakito 'rjunaḥ śrīkṛṣṇena saha viṣṇu-pade (parama-ākāśe) yātrāṃ cakāra | sa dhanuṣā kṣipto bāṇa iva agre jagāma ||
Sañjaya said: Arjuna beheld the oceans—vast and manifold—appearing in wondrous forms; even the sea, rich with countless mines of jewels, came into view as something astonishing. Having thus seen earth, the mid-region, and the sky all at once, Arjuna, struck with awe, set forth with Śrī Kṛṣṇa toward Viṣṇu’s supreme realm (the highest heaven), moving forward like an arrow released from a bow.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights awe before the vast, ordered cosmos and the idea that higher vision and progress toward the supreme realm occur under divine guidance—Arjuna advances with Kṛṣṇa, suggesting that spiritual ascent and clarity are supported by right companionship and grace.
Sañjaya describes Arjuna witnessing extraordinary, many-formed oceans and simultaneously perceiving earth, the mid-region, and the sky; astonished, Arjuna proceeds with Śrī Kṛṣṇa toward Viṣṇu’s highest abode, moving swiftly like an arrow shot from a bow.