Shloka 31
हन्ताहमर्जुनं संख्ये मां वा हन्याद् धनंजय: । युद्धे मन: समाधाय याहि यत्र वृकोदर:,उनके ऐसा कहनेपर कर्णने शल्यसे फिर कहा--“मद्रराज! मैं युद्धमें अर्जुनको मारूँ या अर्जुन ही मुझे मार डालें। इस उद्देश्यसे युद्धमें मन लगाकर जहाँ भीमसेन हैं, उधर ही चलो”
hantāham arjunaṃ saṅkhye māṃ vā hanyād dhanañjayaḥ | yuddhe manaḥ samādhāya yāhi yatra vṛkodaraḥ ||
মই সমৰত অৰ্জুনক বধ কৰিম, নতুবা ধনঞ্জয়ে মোক বধ কৰিব। যুদ্ধত মন স্থিৰ কৰি য’ত বৃকোদৰ আছে তাতেই যোৱা।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the warrior ethic of steadfast resolve: one enters battle accepting the twofold possibility—victory or death—while keeping the mind concentrated on the chosen duty. It underscores agency (firm intention) within uncertainty (the opponent may prevail), a recurring Mahābhārata tension between resolve and fate.
In the Karṇa Parva battle sequence, the speaker reports a combatant’s determination regarding Arjuna—either to kill him or be killed by him—and urges the charioteer/ally to drive toward the location of Vṛkodara (Bhīma), indicating a tactical movement toward a key front where Bhīma is engaged.