Shloka 7
कर्णभीमसमागमः | Karṇa–Bhīma Encounter
यथासुराश्च निहता इषुणैकेन भारत | शल्यने कहा--भारत! नरश्रेष्ठ! मैंने भी देवश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्मा और महादेवजीके इस अलौकिक एवं दिव्य उपाख्यानको दिद्दवानोंके मुखसे सुना है कि किस प्रकार प्रपितामह ब्रह्माजीने महादेवजीका सारथि-कर्म किया था और कैसे एक ही बाणसे समस्त असुर मारे गये ।। कृष्णस्य चापि विदितं सर्वमेतत् पुरा हाभूत्
yathāsurāś ca nihatā iṣuṇaikena bhārata | kṛṣṇasya cāpi viditaṃ sarvam etat purābhūt ||
沙利耶说道：“噢，婆罗多啊！正如往昔阿修罗曾被一箭尽诛，这整段古老的传说，黑天（克里希那）也早已知晓。我曾从智者口中听闻那奇妙而神圣的传统：祖父梵天如何为大自在天（摩诃提婆）执辔为御，又如何以一发神矢，使阿修罗大军尽皆覆灭。”
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Śalya invokes an ancient divine precedent to underscore the overwhelming power of a divinely backed warrior and the inevitability of outcomes when higher forces and superior knowledge are involved; Kṛṣṇa’s foreknowledge and the gods’ decisive action frame the war as more than mere human contest.
Śalya addresses a Kuru hero and cites a well-known mythic episode: Brahmā once served as Mahādeva’s charioteer, and the Asuras were destroyed with a single arrow. He adds that Kṛṣṇa already knows this entire ancient account, using it as a persuasive comparison within the ongoing war discourse.