Shloka 20
भीष्मरक्षण-प्रकरणम् / The Protective Screen around Bhīṣma and the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Clash
तैर्वाहं निहतः संख्ये गमिष्ये यमसादनम् । तान् वा निहत्य समरे प्रीति दास्याम्पहं तव
tair vāhaṁ nihataḥ saṅkhye gamiṣye yamasādanam | tān vā nihatya samare prītiṁ dāsyāmy ahaṁ tava ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Alinman ay mapapatay ako ng mga iyon sa gitna ng labanan at tutungo sa tahanan ni Yama; o kaya, matapos kong patayin sila sa digmaan, ay magdudulot ako sa iyo ng kagalakan.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse expresses a warrior’s ethic of steadfastness: one must accept the possibility of death in righteous combat, yet also strive to fulfill one’s obligation with courage—seeking not personal gain but the rightful satisfaction of one’s cause and leader.
Sañjaya voices a firm either–or resolve about the coming fight: he will either be killed by the opposing warriors and reach Yama’s realm, or he will kill them in battle and thereby give joy to the one he addresses (his lord).