Shloka 23
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः
Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma
जीवितं बहु मन्ये5हं जीवितं हाद्य दुर्लभम् । जीवितस्याद्य शेषेण चरिष्ये धर्ममुत्तमम्
jīvitaṃ bahu manye 'haṃ jīvitaṃ hy adya durlabham | jīvitasya 'dya śeṣeṇa cariṣye dharmam uttamam ||
Sañjaya said: “I now value life greatly; today, life itself has become hard to come by. With whatever portion of life remains to me from this day onward, I will live in the practice of the highest dharma.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Awareness of life’s fragility should lead to a deliberate commitment: whatever time remains ought to be used for the practice of the highest dharma—upright, disciplined, and ethically guided living.
In the war setting of the Bhīṣma Parva, Sañjaya voices a reflective resolve: seeing life become precarious, he declares that he will spend his remaining days adhering to supreme dharma.