Shloka 106
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
श्वेताक्षा लोहितग्रीवा: पिड़ाक्षाश्ष॒ तथा परे । कल्माषा बहवो राजंश्षित्रवर्णाक्ष भारत
śvetākṣā lohitagrīvāḥ piḍākṣāś ca tathā pare | kalmāṣā bahavo rājan śitravarṇākṣa bhārata ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「ある者は白い眼と赤い首を持ち、またある者は黄褐色の眼をしていた。おお、バラタ族の王よ、従者の多くは斑で、色彩も姿も入り混じり、眼の色もさまざまであった。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as descriptive narration rather than direct moral instruction; it heightens the atmosphere of disorder and foreboding by emphasizing unnatural or striking bodily features, a common epic technique to signal ominous conditions around a war setting.
Vaiśampāyana describes groups of people/attendants with unusual eye colors and mottled appearances, addressing the Bhārata king, as part of a broader depiction of strange sights that accompany the events of the Shalya Parva.