Shloka 40
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
सर्वलोकस्य तेजांसि दृष्टवैकस्थानि मारिष । युक्त निवेदयामासुर्देवास्तस्मै महात्मने
sarvalokasya tejāṁsi dṛṣṭvaiksthāni māriṣa | yuktaṁ nivedayāmāsur devās tasmai mahātmane ||
اے مارِش، جب انہوں نے تمام جہان کی تابانیوں کو ایک ہی جگہ مجتمع دیکھا تو دیوتا حیرت زدہ ہو گئے؛ پھر انہوں نے مناسب طریقے سے اس مہاتما سے عرض کیا—“رتھ تیار ہے۔”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary power (tejas) evokes reverence even among the gods, and it underscores the ethic of proper, respectful communication (nivedana) toward a superior being—power is to be approached with humility and order.
Duryodhana narrates that the gods, amazed at a chariot whose construction seemed to concentrate the radiance of the whole world, approach the great-souled Mahādeva and formally report that the chariot has been prepared.