Shloka 40
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
सर्वलोकस्य तेजांसि दृष्टवैकस्थानि मारिष । युक्त निवेदयामासुर्देवास्तस्मै महात्मने
sarvalokasya tejāṁsi dṛṣṭvaiksthāni māriṣa | yuktaṁ nivedayāmāsur devās tasmai mahātmane ||
قال دوريوذانا: «أيها المُبجَّل، لما رأى الآلهةُ بهاءاتِ العالم كلِّه مجتمعةً في مكانٍ واحد، أُخِذوا بالعجب. ثم أخبروا ذلك العظيمَ النفس (ماهاديفا) باحترام: “العربةُ جاهزة.”»
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary power (tejas) evokes reverence even among the gods, and it underscores the ethic of proper, respectful communication (nivedana) toward a superior being—power is to be approached with humility and order.
Duryodhana narrates that the gods, amazed at a chariot whose construction seemed to concentrate the radiance of the whole world, approach the great-souled Mahādeva and formally report that the chariot has been prepared.