Shloka 19
देवसत्रे मृत्युनिरोधः, पूर्वेन्द्राणां मानुषावतरणम्, द्रौपदी-वरकथनम्
Suspension of Death at the Devasatra; Former Indras’ Human Descent; Draupadī’s Boon Etiology
न हि मामाहवे क्रुद्धमन्य: साक्षाच्छचीपते: । पुमान् योधयितु शक्त: पाण्डवाद् वा किरीटिन:
na hi mām āhave kruddham anyaḥ sākṣāc chacīpateḥ | pumān yodhayituṃ śaktaḥ pāṇḍavād vā kirīṭinaḥ ||
کرن نے کہا— جب میں میدانِ جنگ میں غضبناک ہوتا ہوں تو شچی پتی اندر خود یا کِریٹ دھاری پانڈو ارجن کے سوا کوئی دوسرا مرد میرا مقابلہ کرنے کی طاقت نہیں رکھتا۔
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a warrior ethos where honor is tied to facing an equal or superior opponent; it also cautions how pride and anger in war can narrow one’s moral vision to rivalry and self-assertion.
Karna is speaking with martial confidence, declaring that when he is wrathful in combat, only Indra himself or Arjuna—the famed diadem-wearing Pāṇḍava—has the strength to confront him.