Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
26. And here all sons of Dhritarashtra, along with hosts of kings of earth, Bhishma, Drona and the son of the charioteer (Karna) along with our prominent warriors Are these not the warriors of the Kuru race, the sons of blind Dhritarashtra? These too, have entered along with their retinue in your mouth. And many kings came from other countries to help the Kauravas but none has remained to carry the news of their fate to their respective homes. You are thus swallowing up all of them indiscriminately. You are gulping down the herds of elephants in rut and you are seizing the armies, which are deployed on the field of battle. Swarms of soldiers from artillery and infantry are rushing into your mouths (391395). Myriads of deadly weapons are being swallowed by you, and each single weapon is capable of destroying the entire universe. You are also consuming hastily the armies consisting of elephants, cavalry, chariots and infantry including chariots, with horses harnessed to them, without even touching them with your teeth. O Lord, how do you get pleasure from all this? Here is Bhishmacharya than whom there is no better speaker of truth and brave warrior. But you have swallowed him up along with the Brahmin Dronacharya. Alas, the great warrior Karna, born of the Sun, has rushed into your mouth and I see that all warriors from our side also are blown off like straw. O my God, how strange is this outcome of Divine grace! I prayed to God for a vision of his universal form and brought down this death and destruction on the whole universe (396-400). |
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