Shloka 12
ते भानुमन्ति चित्राणि शिखराणि महागिरे: । समास्थायार्जुनं तत्र ददृशुस्तपसान्वितम्
te bhānumanti citrāṇi śikharāṇi mahāgireḥ | samāsthāyārjunaṃ tatra dadṛśus tapasānvitam ||
Setelah mencapai puncak-puncak gunung besar yang bercahaya dan menakjubkan, mereka melihat Arjuna di sana—teguh dalam tapa, dipenuhi daya askese—tenggelam dalam laku disiplin rohaninya.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tapas—disciplined self-restraint and focused effort—as a means of strengthening character and readiness for dharmic responsibility. Ethical power is shown as something cultivated inwardly before it is expressed outwardly.
The narrating voice (Vaiśaṃpāyana) describes how the arriving party reaches the shining, remarkable peaks of a great mountain and finds Arjuna there, engaged in austerity and spiritual discipline.