Shloka 9
Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption
अमर्षिताया: कृष्णाया: काड्क्षितस्य च मे पितु: । अद्य कौरव्य भीमस्य भवितास्म्यनृणो युधि,“कुरुकुलकलंक! आज रोषमें भरी हुई माता कृष्णा तथा पितृतुल्य (ताऊ) भीमसेनका अभीष्ट मनोरथ पूर्ण करके इस युद्धमें उनके ऋणसे उऋण हो जाऊँगा
amarṣitāyāḥ kṛṣṇāyāḥ kāṅkṣitasya ca me pituḥ | adya kauravya bhīmasya bhavitāsmy anṛṇo yudhi ||
Sañjaya said: “Today, in this battle, I shall repay my debt by fulfilling the longed-for desire of the wrath-filled Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) and of my fatherlike elder, Bhīmasena of the Kaurava line.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames action in war through the ethical lens of ṛṇa (moral debt/obligation): one seeks to become anṛṇa—released from obligation—by fulfilling the rightful, long-held aims of those to whom one is bound by loyalty and duty.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s resolve: in the midst of the Drona Parva fighting, he declares that he will satisfy Draupadī’s wrath-driven wish and Bhīma’s desired objective, thereby repaying what he feels he owes them in the battle.