Shloka 54
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
सागरा: सरितश्चैव गिरयश्न महाबला: । ददुः सेनागणाध्यक्षान् शूलपट्टिशधारिण:
sāgarāḥ saritaś caiva girayaś ca mahābalāḥ | daduḥ senāgaṇādhyakṣān śūlapaṭṭiśadhāriṇaḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。大海も河川も、そして剛力の山々さえも、軍勢の将たち—槍や重き武器を携える者—を差し出したかのようであった。まるで自然の諸力そのものが、迫り来る激突のために戦士を供出しているかのように。ここに戦の道義的な重みがいよいよ高まる。争いがこの規模に膨れ上がるとき、世界全体が暴力の器具と担い手を供給するために引きずり込まれるかのように見えるのである。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses cosmic imagery to underline how war can feel all-encompassing: when adharma-driven violence expands, it seems as if even nature is compelled to furnish weapons and warriors. The ethical undertone is a warning about the magnitude and contagion of conflict.
The narrator describes a surge of martial leadership and armed men—commanders bearing spears and heavy weapons—through a hyperbolic comparison: oceans, rivers, and mountains are said to 'give' them, emphasizing the vastness and inevitability of the battle atmosphere in the Shalya Parva context.