Shloka 58
Pāṇḍava-senā-niryāṇa and Vyūha-vibhāga (पाण्डवसेनानिर्याण तथा व्यूहविभाग)
मन्यसे यच्च मूढ त्वं न योत्स्यति जनार्दन: । सारथ्येन वृतः पार्थरिति त्वं न बिभेषि च
manyase yac ca mūḍha tvaṃ na yotsyati janārdanaḥ | sārathyena vṛtaḥ pārthair iti tvaṃ na bibheṣi ca ||
मूढ़! तू यह समझता है कि पृथापुत्रों ने श्रीकृष्ण को केवल सारथि बनने के लिए वरण किया है, इसलिए जनार्दन युद्ध नहीं करेंगे; इसी कारण तू मुझसे नहीं डरता।
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not mistake a chosen role (such as Krishna serving as charioteer) for weakness or non-involvement; delusion and arrogance lead to misjudging true power and dharmic resolve.
Krishna rebukes an opponent’s assumption that, because the Pāṇḍavas have requested him as charioteer, he will not fight; Krishna declares that this inference is foolish and explains why the opponent lacks fear of him.