Shloka 44
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६२: वासुदेवमहात्म्यप्रशंसा (देव–ब्रह्मसंवादः)
अद्य पाण्डुसुतानेक: ससैन्यान् सह बन्धुभि: । सो<हं निवारयिष्यामि सर्वलोकस्य पश्यत:,“आज मैं अकेला ही सबके देखते-देखते सेना और बन्धुओंसहित समस्त पाण्डवोंको आगे बढ़नेसे रोक दूँगा'
adya pāṇḍusutānekaḥ sasainyān saha bandhubhiḥ | so'haṃ nivārayiṣyāmi sarvalokasya paśyataḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Today, I alone will halt the sons of Pāṇḍu—together with their troops and their kinsmen—from advancing any further, and I will do so in full view of all the people.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of publicly accountable resolve: a warrior stakes his reputation before the world by declaring he will restrain the enemy’s advance. Ethically, it reflects how honor, duty, and deterrence operate in wartime speech—confidence is presented as a moral claim and a strategic warning.
Sañjaya reports a battlefield declaration in which a speaker (implied to be a formidable warrior) vows to single-handedly stop the Pāṇḍavas along with their forces and allies, emphasizing that this will occur openly before all observers.