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 ||
サञ्जयは言った。大魂なるその者が両腕を高く掲げて立つとき、その姿は多様な鉱石の彩りにより見事に斑をなす巨大な白山のようであった。暴力が今にも噴き出さんとする緊迫の瞬間、この比喩はバララーマの圧倒的な力と、それが呼び起こす畏怖を示すと同時に、抑制の限界が破られかねぬ危うさをも告げている。
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.