Shloka 74
पर्वतं योडभिविध्येत राजपुत्रो महेषुभि: । दुर्योधनेन ते तात कथमासीत् समागम:,“तात! जो राजपुत्र अपने महान् बाणोंसे पर्वतको भी विदीर्ण कर सकता है, उस दुर्योधनके साथ तुम्हारी मुठभेड़ कैसे हुई?
parvataṁ yo 'dbhividhyet rājaputro maheṣubhiḥ | duryodhanena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ ||
ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ลูกเอ๋ย เจ้าปะทะกับทุรโยธนะอย่างไร—เจ้าชายผู้ซึ่งศรอันเกรียงไกรของเขายังสามารถเจาะภูผาได้?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of facing formidable power: an encounter with a warrior of extraordinary capability is not a casual event but a consequential meeting that invites explanation—how it arose, under what circumstances, and with what intent.
Vaiśampāyana, continuing the narration, asks (addressing the listener as ‘tāta’) how the listener came to meet Duryodhana in confrontation, emphasizing Duryodhana’s fearsome martial strength by the hyperbole that his arrows could pierce even a mountain.