Shloka 40

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६२: वासुदेवमहात्म्यप्रशंसा (देव–ब्रह्मसंवादः)

Devanagari script

यदि नाहं परित्याज्यो युवा भ्यामिह संयुगे । विक्रमेणानुरूपेण युध्येतां पुरुषर्षभी,“यदि युद्धमें आप दोनोंको मेरा परित्याग करना उचित नहीं जान पड़ता हो तो द्रोणाचा्य और आप दोनों श्रेष्ठ पुरुष अपने योग्य पराक्रम प्रकट करते हुए युद्ध कीजिये'

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yadi nāhaṃ parityājyo yuvābhyām iha saṃyuge |

vikrameṇānurūpeṇa yudhyetāṃ puruṣarṣabhī ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“若在此战中，你们二人不以弃我为当，则当由德罗那阿阇梨与尔等二位——人中雄牛——继续交战，施展与自身力量相称的勇武。”

Word by Word

यदिif

नnot

अहम्I

परित्याज्यःto be abandoned / fit to be left

युवाभ्याम्by you two

इहhere

संयुगेin the battle

विक्रमेणwith valor

अनुरूपेणappropriately / befittingly

युध्येताम्let (the two) fight

पुरुषर्षभीO bulls among men (O best of men), you two

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇācārya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical appeal to loyalty and duty in war: if abandoning an ally is not considered proper, then one should act in accordance with one’s role and capacity—showing fitting valor rather than wavering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield exhortation: the speaker urges two warriors not to forsake him and calls upon them—along with Droṇācārya—to fight with prowess appropriate to their stature as foremost men.