Shloka 40
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६२: वासुदेवमहात्म्यप्रशंसा (देव–ब्रह्मसंवादः)
यदि नाहं परित्याज्यो युवा भ्यामिह संयुगे । विक्रमेणानुरूपेण युध्येतां पुरुषर्षभी
sañjaya uvāca |
yadi nāhaṃ parityājyo yuvābhyām iha saṃyuge |
vikrameṇānurūpeṇa yudhyetāṃ puruṣarṣabhī ||
Sañjaya said: “If, here in this battle, you two do not deem it right to abandon me, then let Droṇācārya and you two—bulls among men—fight on, displaying valor befitting your strength.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical appeal to loyalty and duty in war: if abandoning an ally is not considered proper, then one should act in accordance with one’s role and capacity—showing fitting valor rather than wavering.
Sañjaya reports a battlefield exhortation: the speaker urges two warriors not to forsake him and calls upon them—along with Droṇācārya—to fight with prowess appropriate to their stature as foremost men.