Shloka 40
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६२: वासुदेवमहात्म्यप्रशंसा (देव–ब्रह्मसंवादः)
यदि नाहं परित्याज्यो युवा भ्यामिह संयुगे । विक्रमेणानुरूपेण युध्येतां पुरुषर्षभी
sañjaya uvāca |
yadi nāhaṃ parityājyo yuvābhyām iha saṃyuge |
vikrameṇānurūpeṇa yudhyetāṃ puruṣarṣabhī ||
संजय बोले—यदि इस संग्राम में आप दोनों को मेरा परित्याग करना उचित न लगे, तो द्रोणाचार्य और आप दोनों—पुरुषसिंह—अपने योग्य पराक्रम दिखाते हुए युद्ध कीजिए।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical appeal to loyalty and duty in war: if abandoning an ally is not considered proper, then one should act in accordance with one’s role and capacity—showing fitting valor rather than wavering.
Sañjaya reports a battlefield exhortation: the speaker urges two warriors not to forsake him and calls upon them—along with Droṇācārya—to fight with prowess appropriate to their stature as foremost men.