Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यदस्य धर्म्य मरणं शाश्व॒तं लोकवर्त्म तत्‌ । समन्तात्‌ सर्वभूतानां न तदत्येति कश्चन,मनुष्यकी जो धर्मानुकूल मृत्यु है, वह परलोकके लिये सनातन मार्ग है। सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंमेंसे कोई भी उस मृत्युका सब ओरसे उल्लंघन नहीं कर सकता

Transliteration

yad asya dharmyaṁ maraṇaṁ śāśvataṁ lokavartma tat | samantāt sarvabhūtānāṁ na tad atyeti kaścana ||

Translation

That death which is in accord with dharma is the eternal path leading to the other world. Among all living beings, no one can, from any side, overstep or evade that destiny.

Word by Word

यत्that which

अस्यof him/this (person)

धर्म्यम्righteous, in accordance with dharma

मरणम्death

शाश्वतम्eternal, everlasting

लोकवर्त्मthe path/track to the (other) world

तत्that

समन्तात्on all sides, entirely

सर्वभूतानाम्of all beings

नnot

तत्that (death/path)

अत्येतिcrosses over, oversteps, escapes

कश्चनanyone (at all)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

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 death aligned with dharma is presented as the rightful, timeless passage to the next world, and death itself is unavoidable for all beings—no one can escape it by any means.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on mortality and dharma, framing death—especially a righteous death—as an ordained universal course, reinforcing ethical resolve amid the grave tensions of the Udyoga Parva.