Shloka 149
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
मम युद्ध प्रयच्छ ध्वं दैत्या युद्धमदोत्कटा: । प्रेषितो देवदेवेन वो निजेतुं महासुरा:,'युद्धके मदसे उन्मत्त रहनेवाले दैत्यो! मुझे युद्ध प्रदान करो। महान् असुरगण! मुझे देवाधिदेव महादेवजीने तुम्हें परास्त करनेके लिये भेजा है”
mama yuddhaṁ prayacchadhvaṁ daityā yuddhamadotkaṭāḥ | preṣito devadevena vo nijetuṁ mahāsurāḥ ||
Maheśvara said: “O Daityas, fierce with the intoxication of battle—grant me combat! O mighty Asuras, the God of gods has dispatched me to subdue you.” Thus the encounter is cast as a divinely sanctioned confrontation, where arrogant, violence-driven power is checked by a higher cosmic authority.
महेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked martial pride (yuddha-mada) is portrayed as a destabilizing force; the verse presents divine authority acting to restrain and subdue such arrogance, reaffirming cosmic order (dharma) over mere might.
Maheśvara directly challenges the Daityas/Asuras to fight, declaring that he has been sent by the supreme divine power (Devadeva) specifically to defeat and subdue them.