Shloka 3
कर्णेन्द्रविनिमयः
Karna–Indra Exchange of Kavaca-Kuṇḍala for the Vāsavī-Śakti
नहि ते वृजिनं किंचिद् वर्तते परमण्वपि । अस्मिन् मार्गे निषीदेयु: सेन्द्रा अपि सुरसुरा:,श्रीरामके कष्टके सामने तुम्हारा कष्ट अणुमात्र भी नहीं है। इन्द्रसहित देवता तथा असुर भी इस क्षत्रियधर्मके मार्गपर चले हैं
Markaṇḍeya uvāca: nahi te vṛjinaṃ kiñcid vartate paramāṇv api | asmin mārge niṣīdeyuḥ sendrā api surāsurāḥ ||
马尔坎德耶说道：“你身上毫无过失与罪垢——连一粒微尘般的也没有。在这条职责之道上，连诸天与阿修罗，乃至因陀罗在内，也曾因疲惫而坐倒，并不得不顺从其严苛的要求。”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reassures the listener of moral blamelessness and frames hardship as something that can arise even on the righteous path; enduring suffering does not by itself indicate sin, and even the greatest beings (Indra, gods, and asuras) are subject to the demands and trials of dharma.
Markandeya is consoling and strengthening the addressee (in the Vana Parva context, typically the afflicted Pāṇḍavas), declaring that their distress is not due to any fault of theirs and that the path of duty can overwhelm even mighty cosmic powers.