Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यदि यामि विना भीम किं मां क्षत्र॑ वदिष्यति । एकायनगते भीमे मयि चावस्थिते युधि,“भीम एकमात्र युद्धके पथपर गये हैं और मैं भी युद्धस्थलमें उपस्थित हूँ। ऐसी दशामें यदि भीमसेनके बिना ही लौट जाऊँ तो क्षत्रियसमाज मुझे क्या कहेगा?

Transliteration

yadi yāmi vinā bhīma kiṁ māṁ kṣatra vadīṣyati | ekāyanagate bhīme mayi cāvāsthite yudhi ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“若我不带毗摩而归，武士之众将如何评说我？当毗摩独自踏上战斗之途，而我亦立于战场之上，我又怎能离他而返？”

Word by Word

यदिif

यामिI go / I return

विनाwithout

भीमम्Bhima

किम्what

माम्me

क्षत्राःkshatriyas / warriors

वदिष्यन्तिwill say

एकायनगतेwhen (he is) gone on a single path / alone on the war-path

भीमेin/when Bhima (is)

मयिin/when I (am)

चand

अवस्थितेbeing stationed / present

युधिin battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Kṣatriyas (warrior community)

battlefield (yuddha)

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?

A kṣatriya is bound by honor and duty to stand firm in battle and not abandon a comrade; fear of blame here reflects the ethical pressure of warrior-dharma and accountability to one’s community.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya voices a resolve not to withdraw from the battlefield without Bhīma, emphasizing that Bhīma has advanced alone on the battle-path while he himself remains present in the fight.