Shloka 7
भगवंस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व को वै स पुरुषोत्तम: । शूलपाणिम्मया दृष्टस्तेजसा सूर्यसंनिभ:,भगवन्! मुझे बताइये, वे महापुरुष कौन थे? मैंने उन्हें हाथमें त्रिशूल लिये देखा था। वे सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी थे
bhagavaṁs tan mamācakṣva ko vai sa puruṣottamaḥ | śūlapāṇiṁ mayā dṛṣṭas tejasā sūryasaṁnibhaḥ ||
Arjuna said: “O Blessed Lord, tell me clearly—who indeed was that supreme person? I saw him bearing a trident in his hand, radiant with a splendor like the sun.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic posture of inquiry and reverence: when confronted with an overwhelming, possibly divine manifestation, Arjuna does not speculate or boast; he seeks truthful clarification from a revered authority, recognizing that extraordinary power should be approached with humility and discernment.
In the midst of the Drona Parva events, Arjuna reports seeing a blazing, sun-like figure holding a trident—an iconographic mark associated with Śiva/Rudra—and asks the addressed ‘Bhagavān’ to identify who that ‘supreme person’ was.