Shloka 19
Adhyāya 196: Droṇa’s Conciliatory Counsel and Karṇa’s Suspicion of Counsel (मन्त्र-नय-विवादः)
निवर्तयैनं च महाद्रिराजं बलं॑ च वीर्य च तवाप्रमेयम् । छिद्रस्य चैवाविश मध्यमस्य यत्रासते त्वद्विधा: सूर्यभास:,“तुममें अनन्त बल और पराक्रम है, अत: इस गुफाके दरवाजेपर लगे हुए इस महान् पर्ववराजको हटा दो और इसी गुफाके भीतर घुस जाओ, जहाँ सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी तुम्हारे-जैसे और भी इन्द्र रहते हैं!
nivartayainaṁ ca mahādrirājaṁ balaṁ ca vīryaṁ ca tavāprameyam | chidrasya caivāviśa madhyamasya yatrāsate tvadvidhāḥ sūryabhāsaḥ ||
Vyāsa disse: “Tua força e teu poder heroico são imensuráveis. Portanto, remove este grande rei das montanhas que bloqueia a boca da caverna e entra pela abertura interior. Ali habitam outros como tu—radiantes como o sol.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Extraordinary power is framed as a responsibility: the hero is urged to use immeasurable strength not for domination but to overcome an obstacle and proceed toward a higher, luminous company—suggesting that true prowess is validated by purposeful, guided action.
Vyāsa addresses a powerful figure, affirming his immeasurable strength and valor, and instructs him to remove a massive mountain-like obstruction at a cave entrance and enter inside, where other sun-radiant beings like him dwell.