Shloka 62
अध्याय ५८ — वानरध्वजस्य महेन्द्रास्त्रप्रयोगः
Chapter 58: Arjuna’s Deployment of the Indra-Weapon
प्रमाथिनं महावीर्य दृढमुष्टिं दुरासदम् । जेतारं देवदैत्यानां सर्वेषां च महारथम्
pramāthinaṁ mahāvīryaṁ dṛḍhamuṣṭiṁ durāsadam | jetāraṁ devadaityānāṁ sarveṣāṁ ca mahāratham ||
“(अर्जुन) शत्रुओं को मथ डालने वाले, महापराक्रमी, दृढ़ मुष्टिवाले, दुर्धर्ष—समस्त देवों और दैत्यों को जीतने वाले महारथी हैं।”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical ideal of steadfastness in one’s duty: Droṇa’s endurance against an overwhelmingly powerful opponent is praised, and Arjuna’s extraordinary martial excellence is acknowledged without diminishing the merit of disciplined perseverance.
The narrator describes celestial acclaim: the gods’ voices in the sky praise Droṇa for holding his ground against Arjuna, while simultaneously extolling Arjuna as an almost unsurpassable mahāratha who can defeat even gods and Daityas.