Shloka 33
Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī
Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः
बिभेद स शरै: शैलं क्रौज्चं हिमवत: सुतम् । तेन हंसाश्न गृध्राश्ष॒ मेरुं गच्छन्ति पर्वतम्
bibheda sa śaraiḥ śailaṁ krauñcaṁ himavataḥ sutam | tena haṁsāś ca gṛdhrāś ca meruṁ gacchanti parvatam ||
তিনি তাঁর তীর দ্বারা হিমবতের পুত্র ক্রৌঞ্চ পর্বতকে বিদীর্ণ করলেন। সেই বিদীর্ণ পথ দিয়েই হাঁস ও গৃধ্র মেরু পর্বতে গমন করে।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the far-reaching consequences of powerful actions: a single decisive deed can reshape the world’s pathways, benefiting (or affecting) many others who come after.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a feat in which a hero splits the Krauñca mountain with arrows; the resulting cleft becomes a route by which swans and vultures travel toward Mount Meru.