Shloka 55
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
उनके जो अपने उपयोगमें आनेवाले रथ आदि गुणवान् उपकरण थे, वे शत्रुओंको मथ डालनेमें समर्थ, भयानक बलशाली, भयंकररूपधारी और मनके समान वेगवान् थे। उनसे घिरे हुए भगवान् शिवकी बड़ी शोभा हो रही थी ।। तस्याड्रानि समाश्रित्य स्थितं विश्वमिदं जगत् | जज्जमाजड्डमं राजन् शुशुभे5द्भधुतदर्शनम्,राजन! उनके पंचभूतस्वरूप अंगोंका आश्रय लेकर ही यह अद्भुत दिखायी देनेवाला सारा चराचर जगत् स्थित एवं सुशोभित है
tasyāṅgāni samāśritya sthitaṃ viśvam idaṃ jagat | jajjamājaḍḍamaṃ rājan śuśubhe ’dbhuta-darśanam ||
Disse Duryodhana: “Ó rei, apoiando-se em seus membros — formados pelos cinco grandes elementos — este universo inteiro, o mundo do móvel e do imóvel, permanece estabelecido e resplandece em forma maravilhosa.”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a cosmological devotion: the entire moving and unmoving universe is sustained by the divine body, conceived as constituted of the five great elements. It frames the world’s stability and beauty as dependent on the deity, encouraging reverence and humility before a cosmic order larger than human conflict.
In Karṇa Parva, Duryodhana speaks in praise of Lord Śiva’s wondrous manifestation, describing how the cosmos rests upon Śiva’s elemental limbs. The statement heightens the sense of divine presence amid the war narrative, portraying Śiva as the ground of all existence.