Mahabharata 7.203.7 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 203, Shloka 7
कालानलसमप्रख्यं द्विषतामन्तकोपमम् | समासादय पाज्चाल्यं मां चापि सहकेशवम् । दर्प नाशयितास्म्यद्य तवोद्वृत्तस्य संयुगे
sañjaya uvāca |
kālānalasamaprakhyaṃ dviṣatām antakopamam |
samāsādaya pāñcālyaṃ māṃ cāpi sahakeśavam |
darpaṃ nāśayitāsmy adya tavoddhṛttasya saṃyuge ||
Sañjaya dijo: «Arremete contra el príncipe de Pāñcāla, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, que fulge como el fuego del Tiempo y, para sus enemigos, es tan terrible como la Muerte; y atácame también a mí, junto con Keśava (Kṛṣṇa). Te has vuelto insolente; hoy, en el campo de batalla, haré pedazos todo tu orgullo».
संजय उवाच
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The verse frames battlefield ethics through the lens of kṣatriya resolve: arrogance (darpa) invites correction, and true valor is measured not by bluster but by steadfastness under the inevitability of Time (kālānala) and Death (antaka).
A warrior issues a direct challenge: he calls upon the opponent to attack Dṛṣṭadyumna and also to confront him even in the presence of Keśava (Kṛṣṇa), declaring that the opponent’s growing insolence will be humbled in combat.
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