Shloka 39
Aśvatthāmā’s Stuti of Rudra and Śiva’s Empowerment (सौप्तिकपर्व, अध्याय ७)
विकटा: काललम्बोष्ठा बृहच्छेफाण्डपिण्डिका: । महार्हनानामुकुटा मुण्डाश्व जटिला: परे,कितनोंके आकार बहुत विकट थे, कितनोंके काले-काले और लंबे ओठ लटक रहे थे, किन्हींके लिंग बड़े थे तो किन्हींके अण्डकोष। किन्हींके मस्तकोंपर नाना प्रकारके बहुमूल्य मुकुट शोभा पाते थे, कुछ लोग मथमुंडे थे और कुछ जटाधारी
vikaṭāḥ kālalambōṣṭhā bṛhacchephāṇḍapiṇḍikāḥ | mahārghanānāmukuṭā muṇḍāś ca jaṭilāḥ pare ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “May ilan na lubhang kakatwa ang anyo—may maiitim at mahahabang labing nakalaylay; may labis na malalaking ari at may namamagang bayag. May ilan na may suot na sari-saring mamahaling korona sa ulo; ang iba’y ahit ang ulo, at ang iba nama’y may gusot-gusot na buhok na parang mga asceta.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how adharma-driven violence, especially in the night-raid context of the Sauptika Parva, is accompanied by fearsome, unsettling imagery—suggesting moral disorder and the psychological/spiritual darkness that surrounds cruelty.
Sanjaya is describing the frightening, varied appearances of beings seen in the aftermath/atmosphere of the nocturnal slaughter—some grotesque, some crowned, some shaven, some matted-haired—heightening the sense of ominous terror around the event.