Shloka 103
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
नानाचर्मभिराच्छन्ना नानाभाषाश्न भारत | कुशला देशभाषासु जल्पन्तो<न्योन्यमी श्व॒रा:
nānācarmabhirācchannā nānābhāṣāś ca bhārata | kuśalā deśabhāṣāsu jalpanto 'nyonyam īśvarāḥ ||
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا— اے بھارت! کچھ لوگ طرح طرح کے چمڑے کے لباس اوڑھے ہوئے تھے اور مختلف زبانیں بولتے تھے۔ وہ علاقائی زبانوں میں ماہر تھے اور آپس میں اعتماد کے ساتھ گفتگو کرتے تھے۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the vast diversity gathered around the Kurukṣetra war—peoples from many regions with different languages and customs—suggesting the epic’s vision of a wide human world drawn into the conflict, where competence and coordination matter amid chaos.
Vaiśampāyana is describing groups present in the war setting: men clad in various leather coverings, speaking different regional languages, and conversing among themselves—part of a broader catalog-like depiction of the assembled forces and their variety.