Shloka 45
अथ दुर्योधनो राजा भीम विव्याध पत्रिभि: | पज्चभिर्भरतश्रेष्ठ तिष्ठ तिछेति चाब्रवीत्,भरतश्रेष्ठ! राजा दुर्योधनने भीमसेनको पाँच बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया और कहा --खड़ा रह, खड़ा रह”
atha duryodhano rājā bhīmaṁ vivyādha patribhiḥ | pañcabhir bharataśreṣṭha tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt ||
Sañjaya said: Then King Duryodhana struck Bhīma with five arrows and, addressing him as ‘best of the Bharatas,’ cried, “Stand your ground—stand!” In the heat of battle, the taunt invokes the warrior’s code of facing one’s foe without retreat, even as it reveals the pride and rivalry driving the combatants beyond mere strategy.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of steadfastness in battle—meeting an opponent directly without yielding—while also warning, by implication, how pride and antagonism can intensify violence and harden hearts even when one invokes honorable language.
During the Drona Parva battle sequence, Duryodhana shoots Bhīma with five arrows and challenges him to stand firm, using the repeated imperative “tiṣṭha” as a provocation and assertion of martial dominance.