Shloka 38
कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke
वधं प्राप्तौ मन््यते नौ प्रावेश्य शरवेश्मनि । एषो5स्मि हन्मि संकल्पं शिक्षया च बलेन च
vadhaprāptau manyate nau prāveśya śaraveśmani | eṣo 'smi hanmi saṅkalpaṃ śikṣayā ca balena ca ||
三阇耶说道：“他以为把我们二人困在箭阵之中，便已取了我们的性命。然而我在此——我将以我的武艺与力量，粉碎他的妄念！”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the warrior ethic of meeting intimidation with disciplined skill and inner resolve: confidence should rest on training (śikṣā) and strength (bala), not on the enemy’s display of force.
In the midst of battle, an opponent believes he has effectively trapped and doomed two warriors by surrounding them with a barrage or ring of arrows. The speaker counters this assumption, declaring he will break the enemy’s plan through superior training and power.