Shloka 31
Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)
सराक्षसगणा राजन् सकिन्नरमहोरगा । जड़मा: स्थावरा: सर्वे नाल॑ पार्थस्य संयुगे,“नरेश्वर! देवता, असुर, मनुष्य, राक्षस, किन्नर तथा महान् सर्पगणोंसहित यह समूची पृथ्वी और सभी स्थावर-जंगम प्राणी युद्धके लिये उद्यत हो जायँ तो भी सब मिलकर भी युद्धस्थलमें अर्जुनका सामना नहीं कर सकते हैं
sa-rākṣasa-gaṇā rājan sa-kinnara-mahoragāḥ | jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarāḥ sarve nālaṁ pārthasya saṁyuge ||
Sanjaya said: O King, even if all beings—together with hosts of Rākṣasas, along with Kinnaras and the mighty serpent-races—indeed all that move and all that are immobile—were to rise up for battle, they still would not be sufficient to face Pārtha (Arjuna) on the field of war. The statement underscores Arjuna’s overwhelming prowess and the moral pressure of the war: power, when aligned with a righteous cause and disciplined skill, becomes unassailable even by vast coalitions.
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The verse conveys that disciplined martial excellence and divinely-favored heroism (as embodied by Arjuna) can surpass even vast numerical or cosmic opposition. Ethically, it heightens the sense that the war’s outcomes are shaped not merely by numbers but by dharma-aligned capability and resolve.
Sanjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, using sweeping imagery of many classes of beings, that no assembled force could adequately confront Arjuna in battle. It functions as a dramatic assessment of Arjuna’s battlefield dominance within the Drona Parva war narrative.