Shloka 623
व्यदृश्यत महाबाहुर्मैनाक इव पर्वत: । फिर वह बड़ी-बड़ी बाँहोंवाला एक ही विशालकाय रूप धारण करके मैनाक पर्वतके समान दृष्टिगोचर हुआ। उस समय उसके सौ मस्तक तथा सौ पेट हो गये थे
vyadṛśyata mahābāhur maināka iva parvataḥ |
सञ्जय उवाच—व्यदृश्यत महाबाहुर्मैनाक इव पर्वतः। तदा तस्य शतं शीर्षाणि शतं चोदराण्यभवन्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war can unleash overwhelming, almost cosmic forms of violence and fear; ethical discernment is tested when power expands beyond ordinary human scale, and the witness (Sañjaya) frames the event with awe to highlight its gravity.
Sañjaya reports that a mighty figure becomes visible in an immense, mountain-like form, compared to Mount Maināka; the accompanying description (hundred heads and hundred bellies) intensifies the sense of a terrifying, superhuman manifestation on the battlefield.