Shloka 27
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
सो5तिविद्धो महाराज पुत्रस्तेडतिव्यराजत
so ’tividdho mahārāja putras te ’tivyarājata
మహారాజా! తీవ్రముగా గాయపడినప్పటికీ మీ కుమారుడు అపూర్వంగా ప్రకాశించాడు.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of steadfast courage: even when grievously wounded, a warrior is portrayed as maintaining inner resolve and outward dignity. Ethically, it also underscores the tragic cost of war—brilliance and valor persist, yet they unfold within a field of suffering created by human choices.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that his son, though badly wounded in battle, still appeared strikingly radiant—an image used to convey continued fighting spirit and heroic presence amid the violence of the Kurukṣetra war.