Shloka 4
कर्णभीमसमागमः | Karṇa–Bhīma Encounter
यथा देवैर्महाराज ईश्वरादघिको वृत: । तथा भवानपि क्षिप्रं रुद्रस्येव पितामह:
yathā devair mahārāja īśvarād adhiko vṛtaḥ | tathā bhavān api kṣipraṁ rudrasyeva pitāmahaḥ ||
قال دوريودhana: «أيها الملك العظيم، كما أن الآلهة اختارت من كان أقوى من إيشڤرا (شِڤا) نفسه، فهكذا أنت أيضًا، من غير إبطاء، اختر قائدًا—كما كان الجدُّ الأكبر (بهِيشما) لرودرا».
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the urgency and necessity of appointing capable leadership in crisis, legitimizing decisive command by invoking divine precedent and revered exemplars (the gods’ choice; Bhīṣma as ‘Pitāmaha’).
Duryodhana addresses the king and presses for swift selection/appointment of a supreme commander, comparing the desired choice to how the gods chose a superior leader and to Bhīṣma’s eminent status (‘Grandsire’) in relation to Rudra.