Shloka 21
धृष्टद्युम्नेन समागतक्षत्रियगणगणना
Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Enumeration of Assembled Kṣatriyas
“महाभाग! आप सम्पूर्ण वेदवेत्ताओंमें श्रेष्ठ हैं। (इस समय) इस भूतलपर आपके सिवा दूसरा कोई नहीं है, जो उस राक्षसका वेग रोक सके
Mahābhāga! āpa sampūrṇa vedavettāoṃ meṃ śreṣṭha haiṃ. (is samaya) is bhūtala par āpake sivā dūsrā koī nahīṃ hai, jo us rākṣasa kā vega rok sake.
Der Gandharva sprach: „O Hochbegnadeter! Du bist der Vortrefflichste unter allen, die die Veden kennen. In diesem Augenblick gibt es auf Erden niemanden außer dir, der den Ansturm und die Wut jenes Rākṣasa zu zügeln vermag.“
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
True authority is shown not merely by learning but by the capacity to protect and restrain harm: the one praised as foremost in Vedic knowledge is called upon to use that excellence to check destructive violence.
A Gandharva addresses a revered figure, praising him as the greatest among Veda-knowers and urging him to act, declaring that only he can restrain the overwhelming force of a dangerous rākṣasa at that moment.