Shloka 67
अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः
स्वबाहुबलमश्रित्य मुहूर्तमपि संजय । तस्य नाहं वध॑ मन्ये देवैरपि सवासवै:
svabāhubalam āśritya muhūrtam api sañjaya | tasya nāhaṁ vadhaṁ manye devair api savāsavaiḥ ||
វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយ៖ «ដោយពឹងផ្អែកលើកម្លាំងដៃរបស់គាត់ផ្ទាល់ សញ្ជ័យ—even សម្រាប់មួយភ្លែត—ខ្ញុំមិនគិតថាការសម្លាប់គាត់អាចកើតមានបានទេ ទោះបីជាព្រះទាំងឡាយជាមួយឥន្ទ្រក៏ដោយ។ នេះហើយជាមាត្រដ្ឋាននៃសមត្ថភាពរបស់គាត់។»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the epic ideal of self-reliant valor: a warrior’s confidence grounded in personal strength can appear so formidable that even divine opposition seems insufficient. Ethically, it highlights the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between human effort (puruṣakāra) and the limits of fate or divine power.
Vaiśampāyana, narrating to Janamejaya, reports a statement addressed to Sañjaya that magnifies a warrior’s might—asserting that if he stands relying on his own arm-strength even briefly, his slaying is not considered possible even by the gods with Indra—thereby heightening the battlefield stakes and the aura of invincibility around the fighter being described.