Shloka 20
अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः
Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment
अपृच्छद् वाष्पसंरुद्धों नि:श्वसन् वाचमीरयन् । मम प्राणै: प्रियतम: क्व भीम इति दु:खित:,वे लंबी साँस खींचते और आँसू बहाते हुए गद्गदकण्ठसे पूछने लगे--“विशोक! मेरे प्राणोंसे भी अधिक प्यारे भीमसेन कहाँ हैं? इतना कहते-कहते वे बहुत दुःखी हो गये
apṛcchad vāṣpa-saṁruddho niḥśvasan vācam īrayan | mama prāṇaiḥ priyatamaḥ kva bhīma iti duḥkhitaḥ ||
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ດ້ວຍນ້ຳຕາອຸດຕັນຄໍ ຫາຍໃຈຫນັກໆ ແລະຝືນເວົ້າອອກມາ, ລາວຖາມດ້ວຍຄວາມທຸກທ້ອນວ່າ: “ພີມະຢູ່ໃສ—ຜູ້ທີ່ຂ້າຮັກຍິ່ງກວ່າຊີວິດ?” ເມື່ອເວົ້າດັ່ງນັ້ນ ລາວກໍຖືກຄວາມໂສກກົດທັບຢ່າງໜັກ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human cost of war: even amid duty and battlefield resolve, intense attachment and grief arise. It implicitly contrasts heroic ideals with the vulnerability of loved ones, reminding readers that dharma in war is shadowed by sorrow and emotional consequence.
In the midst of the Kurukṣetra account, a grief-stricken speaker—his voice choked with tears—asks anxiously where Bhīma is, declaring him dearer than life. Sañjaya reports this emotional moment as part of the unfolding battlefield narration.