Shloka 2536
युधिष्ठिरस्य कृष्णार्जुनादि-समाश्वासनम्
Yudhiṣṭhira’s reassurance and praise of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, Bhīma, and Sātyaki
यत्त्वया वैरमारब्धं संयुगे प्रपलायिना । 'ओ मूर्ख! क्या तुम भीमसेनके पराक्रमको नहीं जानते, जो तुमने उनके साथ वैर ठाना और अब युद्धसे भागे जा रहे हो?
yattvayā vairam ārabdhaṃ saṃyuge prapalāyinā |
Sañjaya said: “You—who are now fleeing from the battlefield—once initiated this enmity. O fool, do you not know the might of Bhīmasena, against whom you chose to set your hostility, and from whom you now run in war?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not initiate hostility without the courage and responsibility to face its consequences; fleeing after provoking conflict is condemned as unethical and contrary to warrior-duty.
Sañjaya reports a rebuke directed at a combatant who had earlier started enmity with Bhīma but is now retreating from the battlefield, highlighting Bhīma’s feared prowess and the shame of flight.