Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 106
यथाहं भीमसेनेन व्युत्क्रम्य समयं हतः । “मेरे पक्षके वीरोंमेंसे जो लोग इस युद्धमें जीवित बच गये हों, उन्हें यह बताना कि भीमसेनने किस तरह गदायुद्धके नियमका उल्लंघन करके मुझे मारा
yathāhaṃ bhīmasenena vyutkramya samayaṃ hataḥ |
Sañjaya dijo: «Cómo fui muerto por Bhīmasena después de que él transgrediera la regla convenida (del combate de mazas)». La frase presenta la muerte como moralmente manchada: el hablante la describe no sólo como derrota en lucha, sino como resultado de quebrantar el código mutuamente aceptado que regía el duelo.
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Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral weight of agreed norms in warfare: victory gained by violating a mutually accepted rule is portrayed as ethically compromised, raising questions about dharma in extreme conflict.
In the context of the climactic mace duel, the speaker characterizes his death as caused by Bhīmasena’s breach of the duel’s agreed conventions, emphasizing that the killing occurred through a rule-violation rather than straightforward adherence to combat protocol.