Shloka 62
पृथक् पृथग्लोकपाला: समेता ददुर्महास्त्राण्यप्रमेयाणि संख्ये । यैस्ताञ्जघानाशु रणे नृसिंह: सकालकेयानसुरान् समेतान्
pṛthak pṛthag lokapālāḥ sametā dadur mahāstrāṇy aprameyāṇi saṅkhye | yais tāñ jaghānāśu raṇe nṛsiṃhaḥ sakālakeyān asurān sametān ||
Karna berkata: “Para penjaga dunia, berhimpun seorang demi seorang, telah mengurniakan senjata-senjata agung yang tiada bandingan untuk medan perang. Dengan senjata-senjata itulah juga, singa di antara manusia itu segera membinasakan di gelanggang pertempuran para asura Kālakeya yang berhimpun datang beramai-ramai.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that extraordinary power (mahāstras) is not merely personal prowess but a trust conferred by cosmic authorities (lokapālas) to restore order against forces that threaten it (the Kālakeyas). It frames martial success as aligned with maintaining the world’s stability rather than private violence.
Karna describes a past episode in which the lokapālas, gathering individually, grant incomparable divine weapons. Armed with these, a supreme warrior—called ‘nṛsiṃha’—swiftly destroys the assembled Kālakeya demons on the battlefield.