Shloka 3
मौसलोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of the Musala and the Sages’ Pronouncement
तमघध्नन्त महेष्वासा: शरै: शतसहस््रश: । न चाशक्यत वेद्धुं स सर्वभूतात्ययस्तदा
tam agha-ghnanta maheṣvāsāḥ śaraiḥ śata-sahasraśaḥ | na cāśakyata veddhuṃ sa sarva-bhūtātyayas tadā ||
Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: Muling-muli siyang sinalakay ng mga makapangyarihang mamamana, pinagbuhusan ng daan-daang libong palaso upang siya’y pabagsakin. Ngunit noon ay hindi siya maaring butasin—sapagkat siya’y naging, wari’y, ang mismong “pagpanaw” ng lahat ng nilalang, isang anyo ng di-maiiwasang pagwasak na lampas sa karaniwang pinsala.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When adharma ripens into collective ruin, destruction can appear ‘inevitable’—as if embodied—so that ordinary human effort (even immense force) fails to avert what has been set in motion by accumulated causes.
A group of mighty archers unleash massive volleys of arrows at a single figure, but he cannot be wounded; the text characterizes him as ‘the doom of all beings,’ emphasizing an unstoppable, catastrophic force at work.