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 ||
ສັກຣະ (ພຣະອິນທຣາ) ໄດ້ພັນລະນາບຸດທີ່ຈະປະທານວ່າ ເປັນຜູ້ຮູ້ນະໂຍບາຍ ແລະ ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນທຳ, ມີໃຈໃຫຍ່ດັ່ງມະຫາວິລະຊົນ, ສະຫວ່າງໄສເທົ່າພຣະອາທິດ. ລາວຈະເປັນຜູ້ບໍ່ອາດຖືກລົບລ້າງ, ກະຕືລືລົ້ນໃນການກະທຳ, ແລະ ມີຮູບລັກສະນະອັນອັດສະຈັນຢ່າງຫາທຽບບໍ່ໄດ້—ເໝາະສົມເປັນຜູ້ປົກຄອງ ມີປັນຍາທາງທຳ ມີພະລັງ ແລະ ຄວາມມົງຄຸນພ້ອມພຽງ.
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.