Shloka 26
Adhyāya 39: Śiśupāla’s Censure and Bhīma’s Contained Wrath (शिशुपाल-निन्दा तथा भीमक्रोध-निग्रहः)
स एव हि मया वध्यो भविष्यति न संशय: । “राजाओ! केशी दैत्यका वध करनेवाले अनन्त-पराक्रमी भगवान् श्रीकृष्णकी मेरे द्वारा जो पूजा की गयी है, उसे आपलोगोंमेंसे जो सहन न कर सकें, उन सब बलवानोंके मस्तकपर मैंने यह पैर रख दिया। मैंने खूब सोच-समझकर यह बात कही है। जो इसका उत्तर देना चाहे, वह सामने आ जाय। मेरे द्वारा वह वधके योग्य होगा; इसमें संशय नहीं है
sa eva hi mayā vadhyo bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ |
Vaiśampāyana said: “He indeed will be slain by me—of this there is no doubt.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line underscores the ethical weight of a declared resolve in a conflict: once a person is judged 'vadhya' (liable to be slain) within the prevailing warrior code, the speaker asserts certainty and accountability—'no doubt'—about carrying out that consequence.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a decisive statement of intent: a particular person, already identified in the surrounding passage, is declared certain to be killed by the speaker, emphasizing inevitability and the absence of hesitation.