Shloka 5
कि ते विवक्षया वीर जहि भीष्मं महारथम् । न हान्यमनुपश्यामि कज्चिद् यौधिष्ठिरे बले
sañjaya uvāca |
kiṁ te vivakṣayā vīra jahi bhīṣmaṁ mahāratham |
na hi anyam anupaśyāmi kaścid yudhiṣṭhire bale ||
सञ्जय उवाच—वीर! किं ते विवक्षया? किं पुनर्विचारेण? जहि भीष्मं महारथम्। युधिष्ठिरस्य बलेऽहं नान्यमनुपश्यामि कञ्चिद् यो रणभूमौ भीष्मं प्रतिमन्तुं शक्नुयात्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
In the midst of war, prolonged hesitation can become ethically costly; leadership sometimes demands decisive action against even revered opponents when the larger duty (protecting one’s side and ending devastation) requires it.
Sañjaya reports an urgent counsel: the addressed hero is told to stop further deliberation and to strike down Bhīṣma, because no other warrior in Yudhiṣṭhira’s forces is seen as capable of facing Bhīṣma effectively.