Mahabharata 7.182.10 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 182, Shloka 10
समुद्रस्येव संशोष॑ मेरोरिव विसर्पणम् । तथैतदद्य मन्ये5हं तव कर्म जनार्दन
samudrasyeva saṁśoṣaḥ meror iva visarpaṇam | tathaitad adya manye 'haṁ tava karma janārdana ||
हे जनार्दना! जसे समुद्र आटून जाणे किंवा मेरू पर्वत आपल्या जागेवरून सरकणे हे आश्चर्यकारक आहे, तसेच आज तुमचे हे उघड हर्षप्रदर्शन मला विलक्षण वाटते.
संजय उवाच
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The verse uses impossible cosmic reversals (the ocean drying, Meru shifting) to mark the extraordinary nature of Krishna’s conduct. Ethically, it highlights how a wise observer measures actions not only by outcomes but by their rarity and significance—especially when they reveal a divine or decisive turning point in a moral crisis.
Sanjaya, narrating events to Dhritarashtra, remarks that Krishna (addressed as Janardana) has shown an unusual, openly expressed joy or satisfaction at a critical moment in the war narrative. Sanjaya frames this reaction as astonishing, comparable to unimaginable changes in the natural/cosmic order.
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