Shloka 31
Adhyāya 36: Ghora-yuddha-varṇanam
A Clinical Description of the Intensified Engagement
यमवरुणकुबेरवासवा वा यदि युगपत्सगणा महाहवे । जुगुपिषव इहैत्य पाण्डवं किमु बहुना सह तैर्जयामि तम्
yamavaruṇakuberavāsavā vā yadi yugapat sagaṇā mahāhave | jugupiṣava ihaitya pāṇḍavaṁ kimu bahunā saha tair jayāmi tam ||
三阇耶说道：“纵使阎摩、伐楼那、俱毗罗与婆娑婆（因陀罗）率领诸军同来，一齐投入这场大决战，只为在此护卫般度之子——又何必多言？即便他与诸天同在，我亦能将他击败。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the peril of overconfidence in war: heroic resolve can harden into pride that dismisses even divine opposition. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such boasting contrasts with humility before dharma and the unpredictable workings of fate.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s defiant claim that even if major gods arrived with their armies to protect Arjuna, he would still defeat Arjuna along with them—an escalation of martial bravado amid the climactic fighting of the Karṇa Parva.