भीम उवाच
अर्जुनार्जुन बीभत्सो शृणु मे तत्त्वतो वचः ॥
यदर्थं क्षत्रिया सूते तस्य कालो ऽयम् आगतः ॥
अस्मिंश् चेद् आगते काले श्रेयो न प्रतिपत्स्यसे ॥
असंभावितरूपः सन्न् आनृशंस्यं करिष्यसि ॥
सत्यश्रीधर्मयशसां वीर्येणानृण्यम् आप्नुहि ॥
भिन्ध्य् अनीकं युधां श्रेष्ठ सव्यसाचिन्न् इमान् कुरु ॥
bhīma uvāca
arjunārjuna bībhatso śṛṇu me tattvato vacaḥ ||
yadarthaṃ kṣatriyā sūte tasya kālo 'yam āgataḥ ||
asmiṃś ced āgate kāle śreyo na pratipatsyase ||
asaṃbhāvitarūpaḥ sann ānṛśaṃsyaṃ kariṣyasi ||
satyaśrīdharmayaśasāṃ vīryeṇānṛṇyam āpnuhi ||
bhindhy anīkaṃ yudhāṃ śreṣṭha savyasācinn imān kuru ||
"Arjuna, Arjuna, Bibhatsu, hear my faithful word: for the sake of which a kshatriya woman bears [a son] -- that hour has come. If in this hour that has come you do not attain the higher good, having found yourself in an unworthy state, you will display faintheartedness. Before truth, good, dharma, glory, through valor attain blamelessness; cleave the [enemy] array, O best of fighters, finish off these [foes], O Savyasachin."
4ec54ca694f1 · published Jul 19, 2026, 5:08:17 PM UTC
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Bhima reminds his brother of the meaning of a kshatriya's birth: "the hour has come for the sake of which a kshatriya woman bears a son." Notable is how valor here is presented as the repayment of a debt -- to truth, glory, dharma. The verse teaches that there are hours in which everything a person has lived for is decided; and to let such an hour slip from weakness is not merely a lapse but a betrayal of one's very purpose in being born, a debt that must be paid with valor.