Shloka 65
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
मामद्य सात्वतश्रेष्ठ पातयस्व महाहवे । त्वया हि देव संग्रामे हतस्यापि ममानघ
mām adya sātvataśreṣṭha pātayasva mahāhave | tvayā hi deva-saṅgrāme hatasyāpi mamānagha ||
ಹೇ ಸಾತ್ವತಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ಇಂದು ಈ ಮಹಾಸಮರದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ನೆಲಕ್ಕುರುಳಿಸು. ಹೇ ಅನಘನೇ! ದೇವಸಮ ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಕೈಯಿಂದ ನಾನು ಹತನಾದರೂ ಅದು ನನಗೆ ಅಪಮಾನವಲ್ಲ; ಅದೇ ನನಗೆ ಯೋಗ್ಯ ಅಂತ್ಯ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of meeting death without fear when it comes through a worthy and righteous opponent; being struck down by a blameless, divinely guided figure is framed as an honorable end rather than a moral loss.
Sañjaya addresses Kṛṣṇa with reverence, urging him to strike him down in the great battle, asserting that even death at Kṛṣṇa’s hands in a ‘divine combat’ would be acceptable and honorable.