Mahabharata 9.45.84 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 45, Shloka 84
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
किन्हींके मुख हाथीके समान थे, इसलिये वे बड़े भयानक जान पड़ते थे। कुछ पार्षदोंके मुख मगर, गरुड़, कंक भेड़ियों और कौओंके समान जान पड़ते थे ।।
go-kharōṣṭra-mukhāś ca vānyē vṛṣa-daṁśa-mukhās tathā | mahā-jaṭhara-pādāṅgās tārakākṣāś ca bhārata ||
毗舍摩波耶那说道：“婆罗多啊，有些随从面貌如牛、如驴、如骆驼、如野猫；又有些面貌如噬牛之兽。其间多人腹大、足巨，诸肢亦异常硕大，而其眼光灿然如星。”此描写凸显那环绕其侧的可怖而反常的侍从之群，使战祸之中凶惧的道德氛围更为浓重，仿佛不祥之力正在暗中运作。
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The verse uses grotesque, animal-faced imagery to signal an ominous moral climate: when violence and disorder dominate, the world is portrayed as haunted by fearful, unnatural forces—an ethical warning about the consequences of adharma.
Vaiśampāyana describes a terrifying group of attendants with animal-like faces and exaggerated bodies, emphasizing the dread and portentous atmosphere surrounding the events in the war narrative.
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