Shloka 39
Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)
सहस्रमिव तिग्मांशुसंघातममितद्युतिम् । कुन्देन्दुहारगोक्षीरमृणालकुमुदप्रभम्
sahasram iva tigmāṁśu-saṅghātam amita-dyutim | kundendu-hāra-go-kṣīra-mṛṇāla-kumuda-prabham ||
সেইজন অমিত তেজে দীপ্ত—যেন সহস্ৰ তীক্ষ্ণকিৰণ সূৰ্যৰ সমষ্টি; তথাপি সৌন্দৰ্য আৰু পবিত্ৰতাত কুন্দফুল, চন্দ্ৰ, মুক্তাহাৰ, গোময় দুধ, পদ্মনাল আৰু শ্বেত কুমুদৰ দৰে কোমল শুভ্ৰ প্ৰভাৰে উজ্জ্বল আছিল।
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses contrasting similes—overwhelming solar brilliance and gentle lunar-white purity—to convey that true greatness can unite power with auspiciousness and inner purity; radiance is not merely force but also a sign of elevated, beneficent presence.
Bhīma is describing a figure he has seen, emphasizing an extraordinary appearance: immeasurable splendour like a thousand suns, yet visually pleasing and pure like white, auspicious substances (jasmine, moon, milk, lotus-fibre, white lily), indicating awe and reverence in his report.