Shloka 10
Adhyaya 60: Self-Assertion, Daiva, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability (उद्योग पर्व)
यद् वा परमकं तेजो येन युक्ता दिवौकस: । ममाप्यनुपमं भूयो देवेभ्यो विद्धि भारत,“भारत! यदि कोई ऐसा उत्कृष्ट तेज है, जिससे देवता युक्त हैं तो मुझे भी देवताओंसे ही अनुपम तेज प्राप्त हुआ है, यह आप अच्छी तरह जान लें
yad vā paramakaṃ tejo yena yuktā divaukasaḥ | mamāpy anupamaṃ bhūyo devebhyo viddhi bhārata ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच—भारत! यद्वा परमकं तेजो येन युक्ता दिवौकसः। ममाप्यनुपमं भूयो देवेभ्यो विद्धि भारत॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts the legitimacy of extraordinary power (tejas) by grounding it in divine association: if the gods possess supreme radiance, the speaker claims an incomparable radiance derived from the gods, implying authority and credibility that should be recognized.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a claim is voiced to a Bhārata-descendant that the speaker’s splendor or potency is not ordinary but comparable to, and sourced from, the gods—strengthening the speaker’s standing within the unfolding political-ethical tensions of the Udyoga Parva.