Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 32
Adhyāya 61: Saṃmohana-astra and the Kuru Withdrawal (संमोहनास्त्रं तथा कुरुनिवृत्तिः)
धार्तराष्ट्रवनं घोर नरसिंहाभिरक्षितम् । अहमुत्पाटयिष्यामि वैराटे व्येतु ते भयम्
dhārtarāṣṭravaṇaṃ ghoraṃ narasiṃhābhirakṣitam | ahamutpāṭayiṣyāmi vairāṭe vyetu te bhayam ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「獅子のごとき男たちに守られた、ダールタラーシュトラのこの恐るべき“森”を、我はただ一人で根こそぎ引き抜いてみせよう。ゆえに、ヴィラータの王子よ、恐れを捨てよ。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Courage grounded in duty: a protector-leader reassures the fearful by taking responsibility upon himself, modeling kṣatriya resolve—fear should be removed through steadfast action and confidence in righteous strength.
In the Virāṭa episode, the speaker (in narration by Vaiśampāyana) conveys a warrior’s pledge to destroy the Kaurava threat—likened to a ‘forest’ guarded by lion-like men—so that the Virāṭa prince may abandon fear.