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 ।।
sañjaya uvāca | tam apaśyaṃ saṃnaddhaṃ meghaṃ vidyud-dyutaṃ yathā | samantāt samabhidhyāya hṛṣyamāṇo ’bhyabhāṣata ||
Sañjaya disse: Ao vê-lo—armado e formidável, como uma nuvem iluminada pelo relâmpago—contemplei-o de todos os lados e, tomado de exaltação, dirigi-me a ele. A cena ressalta a gravidade moral da guerra iminente: a admiração pelo esplendor marcial é temperada pela consciência de que tal poder se apronta para um conflito que porá à prova o dharma e a contenção.
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.