Shloka 35
Jayadratha-rakṣā: Conch Signals and Encirclement of Arjuna
Chapter 79
ह्वीमन्त: सर्वशास्त्रज्ञा ज्ञानतृप्ता जितेन्द्रिया: । यां गतिं साधवो यान्ति तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक,“बेटा! सम्पूर्ण शास्त्रोंके ज्ञाता, लज्जाशील, ज्ञानसे परितृप्त, जितेन्द्रिय श्रेष्पपुरुष जिस गतिको पाते हैं, उसीको तुम भी प्राप्त करो”
hrīmantaḥ sarvaśāstrajñā jñānatṛptā jitendriyāḥ | yāṃ gatiṃ sādhavo yānti tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka ||
Sañjaya said: “O dear son, become one who is modest and self-restrained—one who knows the teachings of all the śāstras, is satisfied through true knowledge, and has conquered the senses. Go to that very state of attainment which the virtuous reach.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse commends the ethical-spiritual ideal of the sādhus: modesty (hrī), mastery of the senses (jitendriya), and contentment grounded in wisdom (jñāna-tṛpti). It urges the listener to seek the same ‘gati’—a righteous and elevated end—through disciplined character and understanding of śāstra.
In the midst of the Drona Parva’s war narrative, Sañjaya reports an exhortation addressed affectionately as “putraka,” encouraging the addressee to adopt the virtues of the righteous and to attain the same noble destiny they reach.