Shloka 4
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 55 — Sañjaya’s Report on Pāṇḍava Readiness and Arjuna’s Dhvaja
कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनने तो अस्त्रप्रयोगसम्बन्धी मन्त्रकी परीक्षाके लिये अपने दिव्य रथकी प्रभासे सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको प्रकाशित करते हुए उसे जोत रखा था ।। तमपश्याम संनद्ध मेघं विद्युद्युतं यथा । समन्तात् समभिध्याय हृष्पमाणो5भ्यभाषत
sañjaya uvāca | tam apaśyaṃ saṃnaddhaṃ meghaṃ vidyud-dyutaṃ yathā | samantāt samabhidhyāya hṛṣyamāṇo ’bhyabhāṣata ||
Sañjaya berkata: Melihat dia—berzirah dan menggerunkan, laksana awan yang disinari kilat—aku menatapnya dari segenap arah, lalu dengan hati yang meluap gembira aku pun menyapanya. Adegan ini menegaskan beratnya tuntutan dharma menjelang perang: kekaguman terhadap gemilangnya keperwiraan ditahan oleh kesedaran bahawa kekuatan itu sedang dipersiapkan untuk konflik yang akan menguji dharma dan pengendalian diri.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial power and splendour can inspire awe, yet it implicitly points to the ethical burden of using such power. In the Mahābhārata’s dharma-frame, readiness for war must be accompanied by discernment, restraint, and awareness of the consequences.
Sañjaya reports that a figure—understood in context as Arjuna, fully armed—appears radiant and formidable, like a lightning-lit cloud. Someone observes him from all sides with excitement and then speaks to him, marking a moment of appraisal before action in the war-preparations of the Udyoga Parva.