Mahabharata 1.135.30 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 135, Shloka 30
आदि पर्व — जातुगृह-प्रसङ्गः: विदुरप्रेषित-खनकस्य सूचना तथा पलायन-मार्ग-निर्माणम्
Adi Parva 135: The Miner’s Warning and Construction of the Escape Passage
पज्चभि भ्रीतिभि: पार्थद्रोण: परिवृतो बभौ | पञ्चतारेण संयुक्त: सावित्रेणेव चन्द्रमा:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca | pañcabhir bhrātṛbhiḥ Pārthadroṇaḥ parivṛto babhau | pañcatāreṇa saṃyuktaḥ sāvitreṇeva candramāḥ ||
குந்திபுத்திரர்களான ஐந்து சகோதரர்கள் சூழ்ந்திருந்த துரோணாசாரியர், சவித்ரு அதிஷ்டிதமான ஐந்து நட்சத்திரங்களையுடைய ஹஸ்த நக்ஷத்திரத்துடன் இணைந்த சந்திரனைப் போல ஒளிவீசினார்।
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The verse highlights the ethical ideal that a teacher’s honor and brilliance are enhanced by worthy, united disciples; it implicitly commends reverence to the guru and fraternal solidarity as supports of dharma.
Vaiśampāyana describes Droṇa appearing splendid while encircled by the five sons of Kuntī (the Pāṇḍavas), using an astronomical simile: the moon shining when associated with the five-star Hasta asterism under Savitṛ’s influence.
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