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 ||
毗舍波耶那说道：那些强弓劲射的勇士一次又一次以数十万支箭矢攻向他，欲将其射倒。然而当时竟全然无法穿透他——因为他仿佛已化作一切众生的“逝灭”本身，成为超越寻常伤害的、不可避免的毁灭之象。
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.