Shloka 37
Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement
अन्यस्मादपि कस्माच्चिदमित्रादाततायिन: । इति शल्य विजानीहि यथा नाहं बिभेम्यत: ।।
sañjaya uvāca |
anyasmād api kasmāc cid amitrād ātatāyinaḥ |
iti śalya vijānīhi yathā nāhaṁ bibhemy ataḥ ||
tasmān na me bhayaṁ pārthān nāpi caiva janārdanāt |
saha yuddha hi me tābhyāṁ sāmparāye bhaviṣyati ||
सञ्जय उवाच—अन्यस्मादपि कस्माच्चिदमित्रादाततायिनः। इति शल्य विजानीहि यथा नाहं बिभेम्यतः॥ तस्मान्न मे भयं पार्थान्नापि चैव जनार्दनात्। सह युद्धं हि मे ताभ्यां साम्पराये भविष्यति॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds a warrior’s cultivated fearlessness and resolve, framed against the ethical category of the ātatāyin (unlawful aggressor). It highlights how confidence and destiny-driven commitment to combat can override fear—even toward the most formidable opponents—while implicitly invoking dharmic discourse about legitimate and illegitimate violence.
Sañjaya reports a declaration made to Śalya: the speaker asserts he fears no enemy, not even a treacherous aggressor, and therefore does not fear Arjuna or Kṛṣṇa. He insists that a decisive confrontation with those two is inevitable in the coming battle.