Shloka 39
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
क्लृप्तं तु तं रथं दृष्टवा विस्मिता देवता5भवन्,मान्यवर! वह रथ क्या था, सम्पूर्ण जगत्के तेजका पुंज एकत्र हो गया था। उसे निर्मित हुआ देख सम्पूर्ण देवता आश्वर्यचकित हो उठे। फिर उन्होंने महात्मा महादेवजीसे यह निवेदन किया कि रथ तैयार है
klṛptaṃ tu taṃ rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitā devatā abhavan, mānyavara! sa rathaḥ kim iva—samasta-jagataḥ tejasāṃ puñja ekatra saṃhata iva. taṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvā devatā āścarya-cakitā babhūvuḥ. tataḥ te mahātmā mahādevam idaṃ vijñāpayām āsuḥ—rathaḥ sajjaḥ.
Duryodhana said: “When they saw that chariot fully prepared, the gods were struck with wonder, O revered one. It was as though the entire radiance of the world had gathered into a single mass. Seeing it completed, all the deities stood astonished; then they respectfully informed the great-souled Mahādeva that the chariot was ready.”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary power and success in war are portrayed as dependent on forces beyond human control—divine sanction, craftsmanship, and cosmic splendor—inviting reflection on humility and the limits of mere human ambition.
Duryodhana narrates that a wondrous chariot has been completed; its brilliance amazes the gods, who then approach Mahādeva (Śiva) to report that the chariot is ready.