Shloka 83
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
ततो भूयोअब्रवीद् देवो देवानिन्द्रपुरोगमान्
tato bhūyo ’bravīd devo devān indrapurogāmān | tataḥ mahādevaḥ punar indra-ādi-devatābhyaḥ uvāca—“śāyad etān daityān na mārayeyuḥ” iti matvā yuṣmābhiḥ kathaṃcid api śoko na kartavyaḥ | yūyaṃ asurān etena bāṇena “mṛtān eva” manyadhvam ||
پھر اس دیوتا نے اندرا کی قیادت والے دیوتاؤں سے دوبارہ کہا—“یہ سوچ کر کہ ‘شاید یہ دَیتیہ قتل نہ ہوں’ کسی طرح بھی غم نہ کرو۔ اس تیر سے اسوروں کو گویا پہلے ہی ہلاک سمجھو۔”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not succumb to grief or doubt in a dharmic struggle when righteous means and higher assurance are present; steadiness of mind and confidence in just action are themselves part of victory.
Mahādeva addresses Indra and the other gods, urging them not to fear that the Daityas might survive; he instructs them to treat the Asuras as already slain by the power of a particular arrow, reinforcing morale and certainty.