Shloka 573
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 96: Sātyaki’s Line-Penetration, Encirclement, and Advance toward Arjuna
अपश्यंस्तेजसां राशिं सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम् । “तब एकत्र हुए उन सब देवताओंने ब्रह्माजीके साथ मन्दराचलपर जाकर करोड़ों सूर्योके समान कान्तिमान् तेजोराशि भगवान् शिवका दर्शन किया
apaśyaṃs tejasāṃ rāśiṃ sūrya-koṭi-sama-prabham |
सञ्जय उवाच—ते देवाः सह ब्रह्मणा मन्दराचलं जग्मुः। तत्र ते सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभं तेजसां राशिं ददृशुः—भगवन्तं शिवं, यस्य महत्तेजः परमशक्तेः संकेतं, धर्मनियमेन संयतं च।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes reverent approach to the supreme: divine power appears as unbearable radiance, teaching humility, right intention, and recognition that true authority is grounded in cosmic order (dharma), not mere force.
Sañjaya describes a vision of an immense blaze of light—likened to ten million suns—identified (in the surrounding narration) with Bhagavān Śiva, whom the devas, along with Brahmā, go to behold at Mandarācala.