Mahabharata 7.204.71 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 204, Shloka 71
गन्धमादनविन्ध्यौ च कृत्वा वंशध्वजौ हर: । पृथ्वीं ससागरवनां रथं कृत्वा तु शड्कर:
Gandhamādana-vindhyau ca kṛtvā vaṁśa-dhvajau Haraḥ | Pṛthvīṁ sa-sāgara-vanāṁ rathaṁ kṛtvā tu Śaṅkaraḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vyāsa: Ginawa ni Hara (Śiva) ang Gandhamādana at ang Vindhya na dalawang haliging pinagtitindigan ng watawat ng kaniyang karwahe; at ginawa ni Śaṅkara ang daigdig—kasama ang mga dagat at kagubatan—na siyang mismong karwahe niya.
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The verse teaches humility before the divine: even mountains and the whole earth are portrayed as mere components of Śiva’s chariot, implying that worldly greatness is subordinate to cosmic order and should not become a basis for arrogance.
Vyāsa describes Śiva in grand, hyperbolic imagery—turning Gandhamādana and Vindhya into chariot flagpoles and the earth with its oceans and forests into the chariot—emphasizing the deity’s overwhelming, world-encompassing might.
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