Shloka 33
Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial
नीतिमन्तं महात्मानमादित्यसमतेजसम् । दुराधर्ष क्रियावन्तमतीवाद्भुतदर्शनम्
nītimantaṃ mahātmānam ādityasamatejasam | durādharṣaṃ kriyāvantam atīvādbhuta-darśanam ||
シャクラ（インドラ）は授けられる子をこう語った。正しい政道と義をわきまえ、広大な魂をもつ英雄で、その輝きは太陽に等しい。誰にも屈せず、行いにおいて精力的で、姿かたちはこの上なく驚異に満ちる—倫理の見識と力、そして吉祥なる卓越を備えた、理想の王者の器である。
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the ideal qualities of a divinely sanctioned leader: ethical discernment (nīti), greatness of soul, radiant excellence, invincibility grounded in strength, and effectiveness in action—suggesting that power is most auspicious when joined to virtue and wise conduct.
Indra (Śakra) is characterizing the extraordinary son he will grant—listing the child’s virtues and heroic traits as part of the boon narrative surrounding the begetting of exceptional offspring.