Mahabharata 1.196.39 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 196, Shloka 39
Adhyāya 196: Droṇa’s Conciliatory Counsel and Karṇa’s Suspicion of Counsel (मन्त्र-नय-विवादः)
ततो दिव्यान् हेमकिरीटमालिन: शक्रप्रख्यान् पावकादित्यवर्णान् । बद्धापीडांश्वारुरूपां श्व॒ यूनो व्यूढोरस्कांस्तालमात्रान् ददर्श
tato divyān hemakirīṭamālinaḥ śakraprakhyān pāvakādityavarṇān | baddhāpīḍāñ śvārurūpān yūno vyūḍhoraskāṃs tālamātrān dadarśa ||
そのとき王は、黄金の冠と花鬘に飾られ、インドラにも比すべき名声を帯び、火と太陽のごとく輝く天上の若者たちを目にした。固く結ばれた額飾りと神々の装身具を身にまとい、青春の盛りにあって容姿はこの上なく麗しく、胸は広く、丈はタール樹のように高かった。その壮麗な姿のまま、ドルパダ王は彼らを拝したのである。
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The verse underscores how extraordinary power and beauty are portrayed as signs of divine sanction in epic literature, reminding readers that political events in the Mahābhārata often unfold under a larger moral-cosmic order rather than mere human ambition.
Vaiśampāyana narrates a striking vision: King Drupada beholds exceptionally radiant, ornamented youths—Indra-like and sun-and-fire-bright—whose appearance signals the presence of remarkable, possibly divinely connected figures entering the story.
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