Shloka 293

Devanagari script

स मया समनुप्राप्तो नास्मि शोच्य: कथंचन । “मैं अमित तेजस्वी श्रीकृष्णके अद्भुत प्रभावको मानता हुआ भी कभी उनकी प्रेरणासे अच्छी तरह पालन किये हुए क्षत्रियधर्मसे विचलित नहीं हुआ। मैंने उस धर्मका फल प्राप्त किया है; अतः किसी प्रकार भी मैं शोकके योग्य नहीं हूँ

Transliteration

sa mayā samanupprāpto nāsmi śocyaḥ kathaṃcana |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Dieses Ende ist über mich gekommen; doch bin ich keineswegs zu beklagen. Denn ich bin nicht abgewichen von der Kṣatriya-Pflicht, die ich rechtmäßig befolgte—im vollen Bewusstsein der wunderbaren Macht und Führung Śrī Kṛṣṇas—und ich habe die Frucht dieses Dharma erlangt. Darum gibt es keinen Grund, um mich zu trauern.“

Word by Word

सःhe

मयाby me

समनुप्राप्तःattained/obtained (by me)

नnot

अस्मिI am

शोच्यःto be lamented / worthy of grief

कथंचनin any way / at all

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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?

Steadfast adherence to one’s rightful duty (here, kṣatriya-dharma) removes the basis for lamentation: when action is aligned with dharma and carried through under right understanding, the resulting fate—however harsh—need not be met with self-pity or moral regret.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya voices a stance of non-lamentation about his condition or end, grounding it in having remained unwavering in properly performed kṣatriya conduct and in having accepted Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s extraordinary influence and guidance; thus he declares himself not an object of grief.