Shloka 356
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः
ये चान्ये पृथिवीपाला: प्रधाना: पुरुषर्षभ । 'पुरुषसिंह! तुम पराक्रम करके कौरवोंका नाश करो। मारिष! नरश्रेष्ठ! मैं
ye cānye pṛthivīpālāḥ pradhānāḥ puruṣarṣabha | “puruṣasiṃha! tvaṃ parākramaṃ kṛtvā kauravān nāśaya | māriṣa! narāśreṣṭha! ahaṃ bhīmasenaḥ śrīkṛṣṇaḥ mādrīkumarau nakula-sahadevau draupadyāḥ pañca putrāś ca anye ca pradhāna-pradhānā bhūpālāḥ kavacaṃ dhārayitvā tava pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ cariṣyāmaḥ”
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແລະກະສັດຜູ້ເປັນຫົວໜ້າອື່ນໆອີກ ໂອ ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນບຸລຸດ, ກໍປະກາດວ່າ: ‘ໂອ ສິງໂຕໃນມະນຸດ, ຈົ່ງສະແດງວິລະກຳ ແລະທຳລາຍພວກ ເກົາຣະວະ. ໂອ ຜູ້ຄວນເຄົາລົບ, ໂອ ຜູ້ດີເລີດໃນມະນຸດ—ຂ້າ ພີມະເສນ, ພຣະສີ ກຣິສນະ, ບຸດຂອງ ມາດຣີ ຄື ນະກຸລ ແລະ ສະຫະເທວ, ບຸດທັງຫ້າຂອງ ດຣອຸປະດີ, ແລະຜູ້ປົກຄອງສຳຄັນອື່ນໆ—ເມື່ອສວມເກາະແລ້ວ—ຈະເດີນຕາມຫຼັງເຈົ້າຢ່າງໃກ້ຊິດ’».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage underscores kṣatriya-dharma: a leader is urged to act with courage and decisive effort, while allies commit to disciplined support—armored, organized, and following behind—showing that righteous warfare (as framed in the epic) depends on both personal valor and collective responsibility.
In Sañjaya’s report, prominent allied kings and heroes encourage a chief warrior to strike down the Kauravas. They pledge that Bhīma, Kṛṣṇa, Nakula and Sahadeva, Draupadī’s five sons, and other leading rulers will don armor and advance closely behind him, reinforcing his charge in battle.