Shloka 39
Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Indra’s Intended Request
Kuṇḍala–Kavaca Discourse
७८ हद लन्ध्ध्र्श ८ हु 4.29 ७// ०७ ५7४ ८ ८५० +* ब् प्रविशामो वयं तां तु बहुयोजनमायताम् । सान्धकारां सुविपिनां गहनां कीटसेविताम्,“वह कई योजन लंबी थी। उसमें अन्धकार भरा हुआ था। उसके भीतर घने जंगल थे। उस गहन गुफामें बहुत-से कीड़े रहा करते थे। उसमें प्रवेश करके हमने बहुत दूरतकका रास्ता पार कर लिया। तत्पश्चात् सूर्यके प्रकाशका दर्शन हुआ। उसी गुफाके अंदर एक दिव्य भवन शोभा पा रहा था
praviśāmo vayaṃ tāṃ tu bahuyojanamāyatām | sāndhakārāṃ suvipināṃ gahanāṃ kīṭasevitām ||
Disse Mārkaṇḍeya: “Entramos naquela caverna, vasta e estendida por muitos yojanas. Ela estava tomada de escuridão, densa de mata cerrada, e em suas profundezas fervilhava de insetos. Depois de avançarmos muito por seu corredor, avistamos então a luz do Sol; e dentro da própria caverna resplandecia uma mansão divina.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Endurance through fear and obscurity can lead to revelation: the passage from dense darkness to sunlight and a divine dwelling suggests that steadfastness in difficult, bewildering conditions may culminate in insight and the discovery of the sacred.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes entering an immense, dark, forest-like cavern infested with insects, traveling far within it, and then encountering sunlight and a radiant divine mansion inside the same cavern—an episode of marvel and discovery within the wilderness narrative of the Vana Parva.