Shloka 133
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
शलभा इव ते दीप्तमन्निं प्राप्प ययु: क्षयम् । समरांगणमें अपनेको शूरवीर माननेवाले आपके जो-जो योद्धा अर्जुनके सामने गये, वे जलती आगममें पड़े हुए पतंगोंके समान नष्ट हो गये,पश्चाज्ज्ञातं महीपाल तव पुत्रै: सहानुगै: । वासुदेवप्रयुक्तेयं मायेति नृपसत्तम नृपश्रेष्ठ॒ महीपाल! पीछे सेवकोंसहित आपके पुत्रोंको यह ज्ञात हुआ कि इस अन्धकारके रूपमें भगवान् श्रीकृष्णद्वारा फैलायी हुई माया थी
sañjaya uvāca |
śalabhā iva te dīptam agniṃ prāpya yayuḥ kṣayam |
paścāj jñātaṃ mahīpāla tava putraiḥ sahānugaiḥ |
vāsudeva-prayukteyaṃ māyeti nṛpasattama ||
サンジャヤは言った。「燃えさかる火に飛び込んで滅びる蛾のように、戦場で自らを勇士と思いなした汝の兵は、アルジュナの前に進み出るや、燃える炎に落ちた虫のごとく滅び去った。のちに、大王よ、汝の子らは従者とともに悟った。最上の君主よ、この闇はヴァースデーヴァ（クリシュナ）が起こしたマーヤー、すなわち幻術であったのだ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns against prideful self-assurance in violence: those who rush forward imagining themselves invincible can be destroyed as easily as moths in flame. It also highlights the Mahābhārata theme that human effort in war is often overshadowed by divine agency—here, Kṛṣṇa’s māyā—so ethical discernment and humility are essential.
Sañjaya reports to the king that many of the king’s warriors were annihilated when they confronted Arjuna. Afterwards, the king’s sons and their followers recognized that the battlefield darkness/confusion they experienced was not ordinary, but an illusion deployed by Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa).