Shloka 83
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
ततो भूयोअब्रवीद् देवो देवानिन्द्रपुरोगमान्
tato bhūyo ’bravīd devo devān indrapurogāmān | tataḥ mahādevaḥ punar indra-ādi-devatābhyaḥ uvāca—“śāyad etān daityān na mārayeyuḥ” iti matvā yuṣmābhiḥ kathaṃcid api śoko na kartavyaḥ | yūyaṃ asurān etena bāṇena “mṛtān eva” manyadhvam ||
तब देव ने इन्द्र के नेतृत्व वाले देवताओं से फिर कहा—“यह सोचकर कि ‘शायद ये दैत्य न मारे जाएँ’, तुम किसी प्रकार भी शोक मत करो। इस बाण से असुरों को मरा हुआ ही समझो।”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not succumb to grief or doubt in a dharmic struggle when righteous means and higher assurance are present; steadiness of mind and confidence in just action are themselves part of victory.
Mahādeva addresses Indra and the other gods, urging them not to fear that the Daityas might survive; he instructs them to treat the Asuras as already slain by the power of a particular arrow, reinforcing morale and certainty.