Shloka 94
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः
Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma
नाहं तातस्तव पितुस्तातो5स्मि तव भारत । इति मामब्रवीद् बालये य: स वध्य: कथं मया
nāhaṃ tātas tava pituḥ tāto 'smi tava bhārata | iti mām abravīd bālye yaḥ sa vadhyaḥ kathaṃ mayā ||
サンジャヤは言った。「バーラタよ。『私はお前の“父”ではない。お前の父の父である。』—彼は我が幼き日にそう語った。父のような慈しみで我を正したあの老いた大祖父が、どうして我に討たれるべき者となろうか。この記憶は、正義の戦いにおいてなお自らの長老と刃を交える道義の葛藤を露わにする。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a dharma-yuddha, the duty to fight collides with deep obligations of reverence and gratitude toward elders; memory of care and kinship intensifies the ethical burden of violence.
The speaker recalls childhood intimacy with Bhishma: when addressed as ‘father,’ Bhishma corrected him—‘I am your father’s father.’ This recollection is used to argue that Bhishma, the venerable grandsire, feels impossible to treat as an enemy to be slain.