Shloka 35
आदित्यस्तेजसां श्रेष्ठो गिरीणां हिमवान् वर: । जातीनां ब्राह्मण: श्रेष्ठ: श्रेष्टस्त्व्मसि धन्विनाम्,“तेजोमय पदार्थोमें सूर्य श्रेष्ठ हैं, पर्वतोंमें हिमालय महान् है, जातियोंमें ब्राह्मण श्रेष्ठ है और तुम सम्पूर्ण धनुर्धरोंमें श्रेष्ठ हो
ādityas tejasāṃ śreṣṭho girīṇāṃ himavān varaḥ | jātīnāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhas tvam asi dhanvinām ||
Sañjaya nói: “Trong các nguồn phát quang, Mặt Trời là bậc nhất; trong các núi, Himavān (Himalaya) là cao quý nhất; trong các giai tầng, Brāhmaṇa được xem là tối thượng. Cũng như thế, ngươi là bậc nhất trong mọi cung thủ.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Excellence is illustrated through culturally accepted exemplars (Sun among lights, Himalaya among mountains, Brāhmaṇa among jāti-s), culminating in the assertion of the addressed warrior’s supremacy among archers—praise used to steady confidence and affirm role-based dharma in the context of battle.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, delivers a laudatory comparison that elevates the addressed bowman as the foremost among dhanvins, using a sequence of well-known superlatives to intensify encouragement amid the Kurukṣetra war setting.