Shloka 43
Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)
मुझे युद्धमें अपनी रक्षा करनी चाहिये या अर्जुनके पास तुम्हें भेजना चाहिये। इन दोनों बातोंपर तुम स्वयं ही अपनी बुद्धिसे विचार करके वहाँ जाना ही पसंद करो ।। स त्वमातिष्ठ यानाय यत्र यातो धनंजय: । ममापि रक्षणं भीम: करिष्यति महाबल:,अतः जहाँ अर्जुन गया है वहाँ जानेके लिये तुम तैयार हो जाओ। महाबली भीमसेन मेरी भी रक्षा कर लेंगे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
muhe yuddhe svayaṃ rakṣāṃ kartavyaṃ vā dhanaṃjayam |
tvām arjunasamīpaṃ vā preṣayeyaṃ vicārya ca ||
sa tvaṃ ātiṣṭha yānāya yatra yāto dhanaṃjayaḥ |
mamāpi rakṣaṇaṃ bhīmaḥ kariṣyati mahābalaḥ ||
आत्मनः रक्षणं युद्धे मया कार्यं किम् अर्जुनं प्रति त्वां प्रेषयामि वा। एतयोर्द्वयोः स्वयं बुद्ध्या विचार्य यद् रोचते तद् गच्छ॥ स त्वमातिष्ठ यानाय यत्र यातो धनंजयः। ममापि रक्षणं भीमः करिष्यति महाबलः॥
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must deliberate with clear judgment between competing duties—personal safety, protection of the army’s command center, and urgent coordination with key warriors. Yudhiṣṭhira models responsible decision-making: he weighs options, assigns protection to the capable (Bhīma), and prioritizes timely support to Arjuna.
In the midst of the Drona Parva battle, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a person he can dispatch. He considers whether to keep that person for his own protection or send them to Arjuna. He decides that Bhīma will guard him, and instructs the person to prepare and go to wherever Arjuna has gone.