Shloka 40
अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्
Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report
यद् वै त्वां नानुगच्छामस्तेन धक्ष्यामहे वयम् | तत् स्वर्गहीना हीनार्था: स्मरन्त: सुकृतस्य ते,“राजन्! परम गतिको जाते समय आपके पीछे-पीछे जो हम तीनों भी नहीं चल रहे हैं, इसके कारण हम स्वर्ग और अर्थ दोनोंसे वंचित हो आपके सुकृतोंका स्मरण करते हुए दिन- रात शोकाग्निमें जलते रहेंगे
yad vai tvāṃ nānugacchāmas tena dhakṣyāmahe vayam | tat svargahīnā hīnārthāḥ smarantaḥ sukṛtasya te ||
Sañjaya dijo: «Si en verdad no te seguimos, ese mismo yerro nos consumirá. Privados del cielo y despojados de todo provecho digno, seguiremos recordando tus buenas obras, oh rey, y arderemos día y noche en el fuego del dolor.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames loyalty and accompaniment of one’s rightful leader as ethically weighty: failing to stand with him is felt as a moral lapse that destroys both worldly purpose (artha) and hoped-for heavenly merit (svarga), leaving only remorse and grief.
Sañjaya addresses the king, expressing that if they do not follow him at the decisive moment, they will suffer intense remorse—imagined as burning in sorrow—while recalling the king’s past merits and virtues.