Shloka 4
कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनने तो अस्त्रप्रयोगसम्बन्धी मन्त्रकी परीक्षाके लिये अपने दिव्य रथकी प्रभासे सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको प्रकाशित करते हुए उसे जोत रखा था ।। तमपश्याम संनद्ध मेघं विद्युद्युतं यथा । समन्तात् समभिध्याय हृष्पमाणो5भ्यभाषत
sañjaya uvāca | tam apaśyaṃ saṃnaddhaṃ meghaṃ vidyud-dyutaṃ yathā | samantāt samabhidhyāya hṛṣyamāṇo ’bhyabhāṣata ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—মই তেওঁক সজ্জিত আৰু ভয়ংকৰ, যেন বিজুলীৰ দীপ্তিত উজ্জ্বল মেঘ, তেনে দেখি পেলালোঁ। চাৰিওফালৰ পৰা মনোযোগেৰে চাই, হর্ষে উল্লসিত হৈ মই তেওঁক সম্বোধন কৰিলোঁ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial power and splendour can inspire awe, yet it implicitly points to the ethical burden of using such power. In the Mahābhārata’s dharma-frame, readiness for war must be accompanied by discernment, restraint, and awareness of the consequences.
Sañjaya reports that a figure—understood in context as Arjuna, fully armed—appears radiant and formidable, like a lightning-lit cloud. Someone observes him from all sides with excitement and then speaks to him, marking a moment of appraisal before action in the war-preparations of the Udyoga Parva.