Mahabharata 7.148.82 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 148, Shloka 82
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम कुन्तीपुत्रस्य विक्रमम् । तादृड़ न भावी भूतो वा यच्चकार महायशा:
tatrādbhūtam apaśyāma kuntīputrasya vikramam | tādṛg na bhāvī bhūto vā yac cakāra mahāyaśāḥ ||
Sañjaya nói: “Tại đó, chúng ta đã chứng kiến uy lực kỳ diệu của con trai Kuntī. Chiến công mà vị dũng sĩ lừng danh ấy phô bày trong khoảnh khắc ấy là điều chưa từng thấy trong quá khứ, và cũng sẽ không bao giờ thấy lại về sau.”
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights the ethical ideal of exceptional courage and steadfast performance of duty in a crisis. By presenting Arjuna’s act as unparalleled, it underscores how dharma in war (kṣatriya-dharma) can demand extraordinary resolve, witnessed and affirmed by reliable testimony (Sañjaya).
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, in the midst of the Drona Parva battle events, they beheld an astonishing display of prowess by Kuntī’s son—Arjuna—whose feat at that time is praised as unmatched in past or future.
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