Shloka 27
वार्ष्णेयीदयितं शूरं मया सततलालितम् । यदि पुत्र न पश्यामि यास्यामि यमसादनम्,“सुभद्राके प्राणप्यारे शूरवीर पुत्रको, जिसको मैंने सदा लाड़-प्यार किया है, यदि नहीं देखूँगा तो मैं भी यमलोक चला जाऊँगा
sañjaya uvāca |
vārṣṇeyīdayitaṃ śūraṃ mayā satatalālitam |
yadi putra na paśyāmi yāsyāmi yamasādanam ||
Sañjaya said: “If I do not behold that heroic son—dear to Vārṣṇeyī (Subhadrā)—whom I have continually cherished and raised with affection, then, my child, I too shall go to the abode of Yama.” The utterance conveys a father’s anguish amid war, where attachment and duty collide and the fear of losing one’s lineage overwhelms the heart.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human cost of war: even those aligned with duty and valor can be overwhelmed by attachment and fear of loss. It implicitly contrasts emotional dependence on loved ones with the inevitability of death, urging reflection on steadiness (dhairya) and the limits of worldly bonds.
Sañjaya reports a lament in which a father figure expresses that he cannot bear life without seeing the heroic son dear to Subhadrā; if he cannot see him, he feels he will die and go to Yama’s realm. The line conveys urgent anxiety about the son’s fate amid the ongoing battle.