Shloka 59

Devanagari script

सर्वे समरमासाद्य न श्रूयन्ते पराजिता: । सर्वे सत्यव्रतपरा: सर्वे कामविहारिण:,वे सब लोग समराजड्रणमें पहुँचकर कभी पराजित होते नहीं सुने गये थे। सभी सत्यव्रतका पालन करनेमें तत्पर और इच्छानुसार विहार करनेवाले थे

Transliteration

sarve samaram āsādya na śrūyante parājitāḥ | sarve satyavrataparāḥ sarve kāmavihāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “All of them, having entered the field of battle, were never heard of as defeated. All were devoted to the vow of truth, and all moved and lived according to their rightful desires—free, unshackled, and self-possessed.”

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समरम्: battle
• समरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached/encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• श्रूयन्ते: are heard (of)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Plural

• पराजिताः: defeated
• पराजिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सत्यव्रतपराः: devoted to vows of truth
• सत्यव्रतपराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यव्रतपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कामविहारिणः: roaming as they wish / indulging at will
• कामविहारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामविहारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises an ideal type of person: undefeated in conflict, grounded in truth (satyavrata), and capable of enjoying life without losing self-mastery—suggesting that ethical integrity and inner discipline support strength and success.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is describing a group (implied from the surrounding discourse) whose reputation is exemplary: tradition does not record them as ever being defeated in battle, and their character is marked by truthfulness and a free, confident mode of living.