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 |
Sanjaya berkata: “Sampaikanlah kepada para kesatria di pihakku yang masih hidup dalam perang ini: bagaimana Bhīmasena membunuhku dengan melanggar aturan yang telah disepakati dalam duel gada.”
संजय उवाच
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.