Shloka 62
पृथक् पृथग्लोकपाला: समेता ददुर्महास्त्राण्यप्रमेयाणि संख्ये । यैस्ताञ्जघानाशु रणे नृसिंह: सकालकेयानसुरान् समेतान्,भिन्न-भिन्न लोकपालोंने आकर उन्हें ऐसे महान् अस्त्र प्रदान किये जो युद्धस्थलमें अपना सानी नहीं रखते। उन पुरुषसिंहने रणभूमिमें उन्हीं अस्त्रोंद्वारा संगठित होकर आये हुए कालकेय नामक असुरोंका शीघ्र ही संहार कर डाला
pṛthak pṛthag lokapālāḥ sametā dadur mahāstrāṇy aprameyāṇi saṅkhye | yais tāñ jaghānāśu raṇe nṛsiṃhaḥ sakālakeyān asurān sametān ||
Karna said: “The guardians of the worlds, assembling each in turn, bestowed incomparable great weapons for battle. With those very weapons, the lion among men swiftly slew in the field of war the assembled Kālakeya demons who had come together in force.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that extraordinary power (mahāstras) is not merely personal prowess but a trust conferred by cosmic authorities (lokapālas) to restore order against forces that threaten it (the Kālakeyas). It frames martial success as aligned with maintaining the world’s stability rather than private violence.
Karna describes a past episode in which the lokapālas, gathering individually, grant incomparable divine weapons. Armed with these, a supreme warrior—called ‘nṛsiṃha’—swiftly destroys the assembled Kālakeya demons on the battlefield.