Shloka 4
त्वत्सहायो हाहं कृष्ण त्रींललोकान् वै समागतान् | प्रापयेयं परं लोक॑ किमु कर्ण महाहवे
tvatsahāyo hāhaṁ kṛṣṇa trīṁl lokān vai samāgatān | prāpayeyaṁ paraṁ lokaṁ kimu karṇa mahāhave ||
Sañjaya sprach: „O Kṛṣṇa, mit dir als meinem Verbündeten könnte ich selbst die drei Welten—wenn sie sich gegen mich versammelten—auf den Weg ins Jenseits senden. Wie sollte da in dieser großen Schlacht der Sieg über Karṇa noch schwer sein?“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the perceived invincibility that comes from divine alliance: with Kṛṣṇa’s support, even cosmic opposition seems conquerable. Ethically, it underscores how reliance on a righteous guide (and the moral force associated with him) is viewed as decisive in dharmic conflict.
In the Karṇa Parva battle context, a speaker expresses supreme confidence that with Kṛṣṇa as helper, defeating Karṇa is trivial—using hyperbole that even the ‘three worlds’ could be sent to the next world if they opposed him.