Shloka 66

Devanagari script

न स दुःखाय भवति तथा दृष्टो हि स द्विजै: । 'संग्राममें जूझते हुए वीरको यदि न्यायानुकूल वध प्राप्त हो जाय, तो वह दुःखका कारण नहीं होता; क्योंकि द्विजोंने युद्धके इस परिणामको देखा है

Transliteration

na sa duḥkhāya bhavati tathā dṛṣṭo hi sa dvijaiḥ | saṅgrāme jūjhatāṃ vīraṃ yadi nyāyānukūlo vadhaḥ prāptaḥ syāt, sa duḥkhasya kāraṇaṃ na bhavati; yato dvijaiḥ yuddhasya ayam pariṇāmo dṛṣṭaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Such a death does not become a cause of sorrow. For the twice-born have indeed recognized this: when a hero, striving in battle, meets death in a manner consistent with justice and right conduct, that end is not to be lamented.”

Word by Word

नnot

सःhe/that (one)

दुःखायfor sorrow; as a cause of sorrow

भवतिbecomes; is

तथाthus; in that manner

दृष्टःseen; observed

हिindeed; for

सःhe/that (one)

द्विजैःby the twice-born (brahmins)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

dvija (the twice-born/learned Brahmins)

vīra (hero/warrior)

saṅgrāma (battle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A warrior’s death in battle, when aligned with nyāya (justice/right conduct), is not to be treated as a cause for grief; the learned regard it as a fitting and dharmic end within the logic of righteous warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, offers a consoling ethical reflection: the death of a hero who falls while fighting properly should not be mourned as misfortune, since the wise recognize such an end as the expected consequence of war.