Shloka 13
कर्णवधोत्तरं शल्य-दुर्योधनसंवादः
Aftermath of Karṇa’s Fall: Śalya’s Address to Duryodhana
कान्त्या शशाड्कस्य जवेन वायो: स्थैर्येण मेरो: क्षमया पृथिव्या: । सूर्यस्य भासा धनदस्य लक्ष्म्या शौर्येण शक्रस्य बलेन विष्णो:
kāntyā śaśāṅkasya javena vāyoḥ sthairyeṇa meroḥ kṣamayā pṛthivyāḥ | sūryasya bhāsā dhanadasya lakṣmyā śauryeṇa śakrasya balena viṣṇoḥ ||
Dijo Sañjaya: «Él estará dotado del resplandor de la luna, la rapidez del viento, la firmeza del Meru, la paciencia de la tierra, el fulgor del sol, la prosperidad de Kubera, el heroísmo de Indra y la fuerza de Viṣṇu».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents an ideal of excellence as a composite of cosmic virtues: brilliance and power are praised alongside steadiness and forbearance. Ethically, it implies that true martial greatness should include patience, stability, and auspicious prosperity—not only aggressive strength.
Sañjaya is describing a warrior (implicitly the one being celebrated in context) through a series of exalted comparisons to deities and cosmic standards—moon, wind, Meru, earth, sun, Kubera, Indra, and Viṣṇu—heightening the sense of formidable capability within the Karṇa Parva war setting.