Shloka 74
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention
अहं राज्ञ: करिष्यामि रक्षां पुरुषसत्तम | सात्यकिके ऐसा कहनेपर भीमसेनने उनसे कहा--'अच्छा भैया! तुम कार्यसिद्धिके लिये आगे बढ़ो। पुरुषप्रवर! मैं राजाकी रक्षा करूँगा” || ७३ $ ।। एवमुक्त: प्रत्युवाच भीमसेनं स माधव:
ahaṁ rājñaḥ kariṣyāmi rakṣāṁ puruṣasattama | sātyakike evaṁ kahane'pi bhīmasenena tebhyaḥ proktam— “accha bhaiyā! tvaṁ kāryasiddhaye agre vardhasva | puruṣapravara! ahaṁ rājānaṁ rakṣiṣyāmi” || 73 || evam uktaḥ pratyuvāca bhīmasenaṁ sa mādhavaḥ |
Sañjaya said: “O best of men, I will protect the king.” Even after Sātyaki spoke thus, Bhīmasena replied to him: “Very well, brother—advance in front for the accomplishment of the task. O foremost of men, I will guard the king.” Having been addressed in this way, that Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) then answered Bhīmasena.
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