Shloka 31
Adhyāya 36: Ghora-yuddha-varṇanam
A Clinical Description of the Intensified Engagement
यमवरुणकुबेरवासवा वा यदि युगपत्सगणा महाहवे । जुगुपिषव इहैत्य पाण्डवं किमु बहुना सह तैर्जयामि तम्
yamavaruṇakuberavāsavā vā yadi yugapat sagaṇā mahāhave | jugupiṣava ihaitya pāṇḍavaṁ kimu bahunā saha tair jayāmi tam ||
サञ्जयは言った。「たとえヤマ、ヴァルナ、クベーラ、そしてヴァーサヴァ（インドラ）が、それぞれの軍勢を率いて一度にこの大合戦へ来たり、ここでパーンドゥの子を守ろうとしたとしても――これ以上何を言おうか。彼らを伴っていようとも、私は彼を打ち破る。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the peril of overconfidence in war: heroic resolve can harden into pride that dismisses even divine opposition. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such boasting contrasts with humility before dharma and the unpredictable workings of fate.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s defiant claim that even if major gods arrived with their armies to protect Arjuna, he would still defeat Arjuna along with them—an escalation of martial bravado amid the climactic fighting of the Karṇa Parva.