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Shloka 726

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः

Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma

हते मयि हतं सर्व तस्मादेवं विधीयताम्‌ । “कुन्तीकुमारो! मैं तुम्हें आज्ञा देता हूँ। तुम सुख-पूर्वक मेरे ऊपर प्रहार करो। मैं तुम्हारे लिये यह पुण्यकी बात मानता हूँ कि तुम्हें मेरे इस प्रभावका ज्ञान हो गया कि मेरे मारे जानेपर सारी कौरव-सेना मरी हुई ही हो जायगी; अतः ऐसा ही करो (मुझे मार डालो)'

hate mayi hataṁ sarvaṁ tasmād evaṁ vidhīyatām |

Dijo Sañjaya: «Cuando yo sea abatido, todo estará como abatido; por tanto, que se haga de este mismo modo». La frase presenta el acto de matar no como venganza personal, sino como una necesidad sombría, estratégica y moral, en la guerra: la caída de un guerrero decisivo se expone como la condición que precipita el derrumbe del ejército contrario, e insta al oyente a obrar en consecuencia.

हतेwhen (I am) slain / in the slain (state)
हते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootहन् (हत-)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
मयिin me / when I
मयि:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
हतम्slain / destroyed
हतम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहन् (हत-)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सर्वम्all (of it)
सर्वम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तस्मात्therefore / from that reason
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
एवम्thus / in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
विधीयताम्let it be done / let it be arranged
विधीयताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootधा (वि + धा)
FormImperative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Passive

संजय उवाच

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Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores consequential duty in wartime: when a single pivotal figure’s fall determines the outcome, action is urged not from hatred but from recognition of necessity and the larger course of the conflict.

Sañjaya reports a statement asserting that the speaker’s death will effectively mean the destruction of all, and therefore the advised course of action should be carried out exactly in that way—pressing for a decisive strike to end the opposing force’s resistance.