Shloka 9
Śāṇḍilī–Suparṇa Saṃvāda
Conduct, Intention, and Restoration
तुल्यरूपाननान् मत्स्यांस्तथा तिमितिमिंगिलान | नागाश्वनरवक्त्रांश्व॒ पश्याम्युन्मथितानिव
tulyarūpānanān matsyāṁs tathā timitimiṅgilān | nāgāśvanaravaktrāṁś ca paśyāmy unmathitān iva ||
Wika ni Gālava: “Nakikita ko ang mga isdang magkakahawig ang anyo at mukha, at gayundin ang malalaking nilalang-dagat—ang timi at timiṅgila—kasama ang mga nilalang-tubig na ang mga bibig ay kahawig ng sa elepante, kabayo, at tao, na para bang marahas na nahalo at naiangat sa kaguluhan.”
गालव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys a moral-psychological warning: when the world’s order is disturbed, even nature appears agitated and monstrous. Such imagery functions as an ethical prompt to recognize impending adharma-driven upheaval and to seek restraint and right counsel before conflict escalates.
Gālava reports a fearful vision of the waters: fish and immense sea-creatures appear churned up, and strange aquatic beings seem to have mouths like elephants, horses, and humans. The description reads as a portent—an ominous sign of turbulence and approaching calamity in the broader Udyoga Parva context.