Shloka 27
कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue
श्वाविच्छधल्यकगोधानामजैडकगवां तथा । सदृशानि वपुंष्यन्ते तत्र तत्र व्यधारयन्
śvāvichchadhalyakagodhānāmajaiḍakagavāṃ tathā | sadṛśāni vapuṃṣyante tatra tatra vyadhārayan ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນສະໜາມຮົບນັ້ນ ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ນຳຮ່າງກາຍທີ່ຈັດທຳຂຶ້ນໃຫ້ຄ້າຍກັບ ສາຮີ (porcupine), ໝາປ່າ (jackal), ກົດາ (iguana), ແບ້, ແກະຜູ້ ແລະ ງົວ ວາງໄວ້ຕາມຈຸດນ້ອຍໃຫຍ່. ນີ້ແມ່ນກົນອຸບາຍອັນນ່າສະພຶງກົວ ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ໃນສົງຄາມ ການຫລອກລວງ ແລະ ການບິດເບືອນຮູບພາບ ຖືກນຳໃຊ້ເພື່ອໃຫ້ສັດຕູສັບສົນ ແລະ ຫຼົງທາງ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how warfare can involve deliberate deception—creating misleading appearances to confuse opponents—raising ethical tension between strategic necessity and dharmic restraint.
During the events of Śalya Parva, figures on the battlefield arrange forms/bodies made to look like various animals in different places, suggesting a tactic meant to misdirect, intimidate, or conceal real movements amid the chaos of war.