Shloka 16
Jarā’s Account and the Enthronement of Jarāsandha (जरासंधोत्पत्तिः अभिषेकश्च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत राजसूयारम्भपर्वमें जरासंधवधके लिये मन्त्रणाविषयक सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
tasya abhijana-saṁyukti-guṇair bharata-sattama | vyāpteyaṁ pṛthivī sarvā sūryasyeva gabhastibhiḥ ||
হে ভরতশ্রেষ্ঠ! যেমন সূর্যের কিরণে সমগ্র পৃথিবী আচ্ছাদিত হয়, তেমনই তাঁর উচ্চ বংশজাত সদ্গুণে সমগ্র ভূ-মণ্ডল পরিব্যাপ্ত ছিল—সর্বত্র তাঁর গুণের আলোচনা ও প্রশংসা চলত।
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ethical ideal of kingship: true eminence is shown when noble qualities—grounded in cultivated character and worthy lineage—become widely recognized, spreading like sunlight. Social praise here functions as a marker that virtue has become publicly evident and beneficial.
In the context of the Rājasūya preparations and the counsel surrounding the plan to deal with Jarāsandha, the text describes how a leading figure’s reputation and virtues had become universally known—so widely discussed and admired that they seemed to pervade the whole earth like the sun’s rays.