Shloka 13
कान्त्या शशाड्कस्य जवेन वायो: स्थैर्येण मेरो: क्षमया पृथिव्या: । सूर्यस्य भासा धनदस्य लक्ष्म्या शौर्येण शक्रस्य बलेन विष्णो:,“यह चन्द्रमाकी कान्ति, वायुके वेग, मेरुकी स्थिरता, पृथ्वीकी क्षमा, सूर्यकी प्रभा, कुबेरकी लक्ष्मी, इन्द्रके शौर्य और भगवान् विष्णुके बलसे सम्पन्न होगा
kāntyā śaśāṅkasya javena vāyoḥ sthairyeṇa meroḥ kṣamayā pṛthivyāḥ | sūryasya bhāsā dhanadasya lakṣmyā śauryeṇa śakrasya balena viṣṇoḥ ||
三阇耶说道：“他将具足月之光辉、风之迅疾、须弥山之坚固、大地之忍耐、日之灿耀、俱毗罗之富饶、因陀罗之英勇，以及毗湿奴之神力。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents an ideal of excellence as a composite of cosmic virtues: brilliance and power are praised alongside steadiness and forbearance. Ethically, it implies that true martial greatness should include patience, stability, and auspicious prosperity—not only aggressive strength.
Sañjaya is describing a warrior (implicitly the one being celebrated in context) through a series of exalted comparisons to deities and cosmic standards—moon, wind, Meru, earth, sun, Kubera, Indra, and Viṣṇu—heightening the sense of formidable capability within the Karṇa Parva war setting.