Shloka 43
Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)
मुझे युद्धमें अपनी रक्षा करनी चाहिये या अर्जुनके पास तुम्हें भेजना चाहिये। इन दोनों बातोंपर तुम स्वयं ही अपनी बुद्धिसे विचार करके वहाँ जाना ही पसंद करो ।। स त्वमातिष्ठ यानाय यत्र यातो धनंजय: । ममापि रक्षणं भीम: करिष्यति महाबल:,अतः जहाँ अर्जुन गया है वहाँ जानेके लिये तुम तैयार हो जाओ। महाबली भीमसेन मेरी भी रक्षा कर लेंगे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
muhe yuddhe svayaṃ rakṣāṃ kartavyaṃ vā dhanaṃjayam |
tvām arjunasamīpaṃ vā preṣayeyaṃ vicārya ca ||
sa tvaṃ ātiṣṭha yānāya yatra yāto dhanaṃjayaḥ |
mamāpi rakṣaṇaṃ bhīmaḥ kariṣyati mahābalaḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “I must consider with my own judgment whether I should secure my own safety in this battle, or send you to Arjuna. Reflecting on these two courses, choose what you deem best and go there. Therefore, prepare to depart to the place where Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) has gone; the mighty Bhīma will also protect me.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must deliberate with clear judgment between competing duties—personal safety, protection of the army’s command center, and urgent coordination with key warriors. Yudhiṣṭhira models responsible decision-making: he weighs options, assigns protection to the capable (Bhīma), and prioritizes timely support to Arjuna.
In the midst of the Drona Parva battle, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a person he can dispatch. He considers whether to keep that person for his own protection or send them to Arjuna. He decides that Bhīma will guard him, and instructs the person to prepare and go to wherever Arjuna has gone.