Shloka 27
आत्मा न शोचनीयस्ते श्लाध्यो मृत्युस्तवानघ । वयमेवाधुना शोच्या: सर्वावस्थासु कौरव
ātmā na śocanīyas te ślādhyo mṛtyus tavānagha | vayam evādhunā śocyāḥ sarvāvasthāsu kaurava ||
Sanjaya said: “Your self is not to be mourned, O sinless one; even your death is worthy of praise. It is we, rather, who are to be pitied now—at every stage and in every condition, O Kaurava.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reframes grief through a dharmic lens: a blameless warrior’s death can be honorable and not a cause for lament, while the living—burdened by defeat, moral injury, and ongoing suffering—may be more truly pitiable.
Sañjaya addresses a Kaurava, consoling him by saying that the fallen person is not to be mourned and has met a praiseworthy end, whereas those who remain alive are now the ones to be pitied in every circumstance amid the calamity of war.