Shloka 88
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
एतन्मे रोचते कृष्ण यथा वा तव रोचते । “श्रीकृष्ण! जहाँ यह कर्ण हमारी सेनाको खदेड़ रहा है, वहीं चलिये। रणभूमिमें संशप्तकोंको छोड़कर अब महारथी सूतपुत्रके ही पास रथ ले चलिये। “मुझे यही ठीक जान पड़ता है अथवा आपको जैसा जँचे, वैसा कीजिये” ।। 38 कम त्वा वचस्तस्य गोविन्द: प्रहसन्निव
etan me rocate kṛṣṇa yathā vā tava rocate |
Sañjaya said: “This seems right to me, O Kṛṣṇa—yet do as it seems right to you. Let us go there where Karṇa is driving our army back. Leaving the Saṁsaptakas on the battlefield, now steer the chariot toward the great chariot-warrior, the charioteer’s son.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid urgent warfare, sound action is framed as counsel and consent: the speaker offers a strategic judgment yet defers to Kṛṣṇa’s superior discernment. The verse highlights disciplined decision-making—proposing what seems right while acknowledging a higher guide’s perspective.
Sañjaya reports a tactical shift: with Karṇa pressing and scattering their forces, the chariot is to be driven toward Karṇa. The Saṁsaptakas—who are separately engaged—are to be left behind for the moment, focusing attention on confronting the foremost threat, Karṇa.