Shloka 24

Kurukṣetra-sainyadarśana and Arjuna-viṣāda (धर्मक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः — अर्जुनविषाद)

Devanagari script

दुर्ग तरति चावश्यं तथा चौरैरविंमुच्यते । संग्रामे विजयेन्नित्यं लक्ष्मी प्राप्रोति केवलाम्‌

Transliteration

durgaṁ tarati cāvaśyaṁ tathā caurair avimucyate | saṅgrāme vijayen nityaṁ lakṣmīṁ prāpnoti kevalām ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: He surely crosses even difficult straits; likewise, when confronted by thieves, he is not forsaken. In battle he is ever victorious, and he attains pure, undivided prosperity—fortune untainted by wrongdoing.

Word by Word

• दुर्गम्: difficulty; peril
• दुर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्ग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तरति: crosses; overcomes
• तरति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अवश्यम्: certainly; inevitably
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्य

• तथा: so; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• चौरैः: by thieves
• चौरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चौर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विमुच्यते: is released; is let go
• विमुच्यते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विजयेत्: would win; should conquer
• विजयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• लक्ष्मीम्: fortune; prosperity
• लक्ष्मीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains; obtains
• प्राप्नोति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (प्र-आप्)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• केवलाम्: pure; exclusive; unalloyed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Lakshmi (as prosperity/fortune)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a phala-śruti style assurance: one who is aligned with the praised practice (in this context, the preceding description) gains practical protection—overcoming dangers, safety from thieves—and also success in righteous struggle, culminating in ‘pure’ prosperity, i.e., fortune not stained by adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya continues describing the benefits promised to the person being spoken about in the surrounding passage, listing concrete outcomes—crossing peril, security from robbers, victory in battle, and attainment of auspicious prosperity.