Shloka 10
Duryodhana-vadha-pratikriyā: Harṣa, Nindā, and Kṛṣṇa’s Nīti-vyākhyā (Śalya-parva 60)
तस्योर्ध्वबाहो: सदृशं रूपमासीन्महात्मन: । बहुधातुविचित्रस्य श्वेतस्येव महागिरे:
tasyordhvabāhoḥ sadṛśaṃ rūpam āsīn mahātmanaḥ | bahudhātuvicitrasyā śvetasyeva mahāgireḥ ||
Sañjaya dit : Les bras levés, la forme de ce grand d’âme ressemblait à une haute montagne blanche, magnifiquement nuancée par la diversité des minerais. En cet instant tendu, à la veille de la violence, l’image souligne à la fois la puissance écrasante de Balarāma et la crainte révérencielle qu’elle inspire, tout en menaçant de rompre les bornes de la retenue.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a grand natural simile to highlight how immense power can inspire reverence and fear; implicitly, such power calls for self-restraint so that strength does not become adharmic violence.
Sañjaya describes Balarāma at a tense moment: with arms lifted, he appears like a brilliant white mountain streaked with many minerals—an image emphasizing his formidable presence as he moves toward confrontation.