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संजय उवाच
विष्णोः स्वसानन्दिकरः स विष्ण्वायुधभूषितः ॥
रराजातिरथः संख्ये जनार्दन इवापरः ॥
मारुतोद्धूतकेशान्तम् उद्यतारिवरायुधम् ॥
वपुः समीक्ष्य पृथ्वीशा दुःसमीक्ष्यं सुरैर् अपि ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
viṣṇoḥ svasānandikaraḥ sa viṣṇvāyudhabhūṣitaḥ ||
rarājātirathaḥ saṃkhye janārdana ivāparaḥ ||
mārutoddhūtakeśāntam udyatārivarāyudham ||
vapuḥ samīkṣya pṛthvīśā duḥsamīkṣyaṃ surair api ||
Bringing joy to his own, adorned with the weapon of Vishnu, he blazed in battle, a great chariot-warrior, like a second Janardana. With locks tossed by the wind, having raised aloft the finest weapon seized from the enemy — this form of his, unbearable to the gaze even of the gods, was beheld by the lords of the earth.
ff67140e2dcd · published Jul 19, 2026, 3:30:04 PM UTC
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From its very first word the verse lifts the boy's death toward the highest image: "viṣṇvāyudhabhūṣitaḥ", "janārdana iva aparaḥ". The discus Abhimanyu raises is no chance weapon of despair but a sign: in the hour when everything owed to a kshatriya has been stripped from him, a likeness of Vishnu himself, bearing the chakra, seems to descend upon him. It is telling that his form is "unbearable to the gaze even of the gods": a boy dying alone reveals a beauty before which the heavenly host itself pales. Here a law shows itself — that faithfulness to duty carried to the end transfigures the dying into the image of the Lord.