Shloka 139
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
एवं तस्य गुणान् प्रीतो बहुशो5कथयत् प्रभु: । देवतानां पितृणां च समक्षमरिसूदन
evaṁ tasya guṇān prīto bahuśo ’kathayat prabhuḥ | devatānāṁ pitṝṇāṁ ca samakṣam arisūdana ||
Wah pembinasa musuh! Demikianlah, Tuhan yang berkenan itu berulang kali menyebut kebajikannya, di hadapan para dewa dan para Pitṛ (leluhur) sekali pun.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Virtue gains moral weight when affirmed by a higher, impartial authority; repeated public praise before respected witnesses (gods and ancestors) functions as ethical validation and encourages others to value and imitate such qualities.
Duryodhana reports that the Lord—understood in this context as Śiva—was pleased and repeatedly described a person’s virtues in the presence of the gods and the Pitṛs, thereby publicly endorsing that person’s merit.