Mahabharata 4.65.3 — Virata Parva, Adhyaya 65, Shloka 3
विराटसभायां पाण्डवानां प्रवेशः — Arjuna’s Encomium of Yudhiṣṭhira in Virāṭa’s Court
स तेन बाणेन समर्पितेन जाम्बूनदाग्रेण सुसंहितेन । रराज राजन् महनीयकर्मा यथैकपर्वा रुचिरैकशृज्गध:
sa tena bāṇena samarpitena jāmbūnadāgreṇa susaṃhitena | rarāja rājan mahanīyakarmā yathaikaparvā ruciraikaśṛṅgadhaḥ ||
ศรนั้นปักแน่น มีปลายสุกสว่างดุจทองชัมพูนทะ; ถึงจะฝังอยู่กลางหน้าผากก็ตาม โอ้พระราชา อรชุนผู้มีกรรมอันน่ายกย่องกลับยิ่งผ่องพราย—ดุจภูผางามยอดเดียวที่งดงามขึ้นด้วยไผ่เพียงลำเดียวซึ่งชูขึ้นบนยอดนั้น
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya steadfastness: a noble warrior’s dignity is not diminished by injury; rather, endurance and composure under attack can become an emblem of honor and admired conduct.
An arrow with a golden-looking point has struck and remained lodged in Arjuna’s forehead. Instead of depicting him as weakened, the poet describes him as shining—using a simile of a single-peaked mountain beautified by a lone bamboo—to emphasize his heroic presence even while wounded.
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