Mahabharata 7.141.108 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 141, Shloka 108
Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana
मल्लयुद्ध॑ मया सार्ध कुरु दुष्कुलसम्भव । महाबलो महाभोगी कीचको निहतो यथा
mallayuddhaṁ mayā sārdha kuru duṣkulasambhava | mahābalo mahābhogī kīcako nihato yathā ||
สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—“มาเถิด โอ้กุรุผู้กำเนิดจากวงศ์เสื่อม! จงทำมวยปล้ำยุทธ์กับเรา เรามีกำลังยิ่ง เป็นผู้เสวยอำนาจ; เราจักปราบเจ้าดุจที่กีจกะถูกสังหาร”
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how pride and contemptuous speech (insults, self-boasting) are used to provoke combat; ethically, it contrasts the warrior ideal of courage with the moral risk of arrogance and demeaning others.
A speaker issues a direct challenge to a Kuru warrior for close-quarters ‘wrestler-style’ combat, boasting of strength and invoking the earlier example of Kīcaka’s death as a threat of similar defeat.
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