Shloka 17
अहो रूपमहो कान्तिरहो धैर्य महात्मन: । को<यं देवो5थवा यक्षो गन्धर्वो वा भविष्यति,वे सोचने लगीं--“अहो! इनका रूप अद्भुत है, कान्ति बड़ी मनोहर है तथा इन महात्माका धैर्य भी अनूठा है। न जाने ये हैं कौन? सम्भव है, देवता, यक्ष अथवा गन्धर्व हों!
aho rūpam aho kāntir aho dhairyaṁ mahātmanaḥ | ko ’yaṁ devo ’thavā yakṣo gandharvo vā bhaviṣyati ||
Bṛhadaśva said: “Ah, what beauty! Ah, what radiance! And what extraordinary steadfastness in this great-souled one! Who can he be—perhaps a god, or a Yakṣa, or a Gandharva?”
बृहृदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how visible qualities—beauty, radiance, and especially steadfast courage (dhairya)—signal inner nobility. Such excellence can appear ‘beyond ordinary,’ prompting reverence and careful discernment rather than rash judgment.
Bṛhadaśva voices astonishment on seeing an extraordinary person, praising his appearance and composure and wondering whether he is a human at all—perhaps a deva, yakṣa, or gandharva—thereby emphasizing the figure’s exceptional presence.