Shloka 68

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

पूर्वरनुगतो मार्गों देवैरसुरघातिभि: । सद्धिश्वानुगतः पन्था: स सर्वैरनुगम्यते,“असुरोंका विनाश करनेवाले पूर्ववर्ती देवताओंने इस मार्गका आश्रय लिया है। श्रेष्ठ पुरुष जिस मार्गसे चले हैं, उसका सभी लोग अनुसरण करते हैं

Transliteration

pūrvarānugato mārgo devair asuraghātibhiḥ | saddhiśvānugataḥ panthāḥ sa sarvair anugamyate ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The path once followed by the gods—the slayers of the Asuras—has been taken up again. Whatever road the noble and the truly good have walked, that very path is followed by all.”

Word by Word

पूर्वैःby the former/earlier (ones)

अनुगतःfollowed

मार्गःpath

देवैःby the gods

असुरघातिभिःby (those) slayers of asuras

सत्भिःby the good/virtuous (men)

हिindeed/for

अनुगतःfollowed

पन्थाःpath

सःthat/he

सर्वैःby all

अनुगम्यतेis followed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Devas (gods)

Asuras

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