Shloka 4536
मर्तव्यमिति निश्चित्य जयं वाप्यनिवर्तनम् | संशप्तकोंने पुनः यह निश्चय करके कि “मर जायूँगे अथवा विजय प्राप्त करेंगे, किंतु युद्धसे पीछे नहीं हटेंगे” अर्जुनको चारों ओरसे घेर लिया
martavyam iti niścitya jayaṃ vāpy anivartanam | saṃśaptakāḥ punaḥ evaṃ niścayaṃ kṛtvā arjunaṃ sarvataḥ paryavārayamāsuḥ ||
قال سنجيا: بعدما عزموا قائلين: «إمّا أن نموت، وإمّا أن نظفر—ولكننا لن نرتدّ عن ساحة القتال»، عاد السَّمشبتكة، ثابتين على نذرهم، فأحاطوا بأرجونا من كل جانب.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the power and peril of a vow: steadfastness (anivartanam) is praised as warrior honor, yet it also shows how commitment can become fatalistic—choosing death over withdrawal—raising ethical questions about when resolve serves dharma and when it hardens into destructive obstinacy.
Sañjaya reports that the Saṃśaptakas, having renewed their do-or-die resolve, close ranks and encircle Arjuna from all directions, intensifying the combat pressure on him in the Karṇa Parva battle sequence.