Shloka 18
कुम्भकर्णवधः — Kumbhakarṇa’s Fall and the Renewal of the Engagement
स एष शूरो नित्यममर्षणश्न धीमान् प्राज्ञ: सहदेव: पतिर्मे त्यजेत् प्राणान् प्रविशेद्धव्यवाहं न त्वेवैष व्याहरेद् धर्मबाहमम्
sa eṣa śūro nityam amarṣaṇaś ca dhīmān prājñaḥ sahadevaḥ patir me tyajet prāṇān praviśed dhavyavāhaṃ na tv evaiṣa vyāhared dharmabāhamam
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—এইজন বীৰ, অপমান সহিব নোৱৰা, স্থিৰধী, ধীমন্ত আৰু প্ৰাজ্ঞ। মোৰ স্বামী সহদেৱে ধৰ্মবিৰোধী কথা কোৱাৰ চেয়ে প্ৰাণ ত্যাগ কৰি হব্যবাহ অগ্নিত প্ৰৱেশ কৰাই বেছি শ্ৰেয় বুলি ভাবিব।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is presented as non-negotiable: a truly wise and honourable person would accept even death rather than speak or act in a way that violates righteousness.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana praises Sahadeva’s character, portraying him as brave, sharp-minded, and unwavering in dharma—so steadfast that he would choose death by entering the sacrificial fire rather than utter an unrighteous statement.