Shloka 26

अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः

Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort

Devanagari script

वेत्सि दाशार्ह सत्यं मे दीर्घकालं सहोषित: । भीमसेनने कहा--अच्युत! मैं करना तो कुछ और चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

vetsi dāśārha satyaṃ me dīrghakālaṃ sahoṣitaḥ |

Translation

Dijo Bhīmasena: «Oh Acyuta, yo deseo una cosa, pero tú entiendes otra. Oh descendiente de los Dāśārhas, has vivido junto a mí durante largo tiempo; por ello conoces la verdad acerca de mí: mi honda inclinación por la batalla, y que mi valor no es una vana jactancia.»

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'vetsi', 'gloss': 'you know, you understand (2nd sg. of √vid)'}, {'term': 'dāśārha', 'gloss': 'descendant of the Dāśārhas

• an epithet of Kṛṣṇa'}, {'term': 'satyam', 'gloss': 'truth

• what is real and reliable'}, {'term': 'me', 'gloss': 'of me

• my'}, {'term': 'dīrghakālam', 'gloss': 'for a long time'}, {'term': 'sahoṣitaḥ', 'gloss': 'having dwelt together

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena
• Kṛṣṇa (Acyuta, Dāśārha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīma appeals to personal knowledge and truth: long companionship makes Kṛṣṇa a reliable witness to Bhīma’s real disposition. Ethically, the verse frames self-assertion not as mere pride but as a claim grounded in verifiable character and lived history.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and counsel, Bhīmasena addresses Kṛṣṇa directly. He insists that Kṛṣṇa, having long been with him, knows Bhīma’s genuine eagerness for battle and the reality of his strength—countering any misunderstanding of his intentions.