Shloka 100
Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha
Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site
एकधा च द्विधा चैव चतुर्धा च महाबलम् | योगिनामीश्वरं देवे शतशशो5थ सहस्रश:
ekadhā ca dvidhā caiva caturdhā ca mahābalam | yoginām īśvaraṃ deve śataśaśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：那位至强的主宰——诸神之神、瑜伽行者之王——以多种方式显现其威力：或为一，或为二，或为四；又复化作百百千千之形。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Lord’s power is not limited to a single appearance: He can be one, dual, fourfold, and endlessly manifold. This supports a devotional and ethical stance of humility—recognizing a higher order that can encompass and guide even the chaos of war.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, describes the supreme Lord’s vast capacity for manifestation—an affirmation of divine supremacy and multiplicity inserted within the Shalya Parva’s war-time narration to frame events within a larger sacred reality.