Shloka 27

Jayadratha-rakṣā: Conch Signals and Encirclement of Arjuna

Chapter 79

Devanagari script

राज्ञां सुचरितैर्या च गतिर्भवति शाश्वती । चतुराश्रमिणां पुण्यै: पावितानां सुरक्षितै:,"पुत्र! सदाचारके पालनसे राजाओंको तथा सुरक्षित पुण्यके प्रभावसे पवित्र हुए चारों आश्रमोंके लोगोंको जो सनातन गति प्राप्त होती है; दीनोंपर दया करनेवाले, उत्तम वस्तुओंको घरमें बाँटकर उपयोगमें लेनेवाले तथा चुगलीसे दूर रहनेवाले लोगोंको जो गति प्राप्त होती है, वही गति तुम्हें भी मिले

Transliteration

rājñāṃ sucaritair yā ca gatir bhavati śāśvatī | caturāśramiṇāṃ puṇyaiḥ pāvitānāṃ surakṣitaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : « Puisses-tu atteindre la destinée éternelle que les rois remportent par leur noble conduite, et que connaissent ceux des quatre āśramas qui, protégés et purifiés par leurs mérites, vivent dans le dharma. »

Word by Word

राज्ञाम्of kings

सुचरितैःby good deeds / good conduct

याwhich

चand

गतिःcourse; destiny; state (after death)

भवतिis; becomes

शाश्वतीeternal; everlasting

चतुराश्रमिणाम्of those belonging to the four āśramas

पुण्यैःby merits; by virtuous acts

पावितानाम्of the purified (ones)

सुरक्षितैःby/with the protected; safeguarded (means/merits)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

kings (rājānaḥ)

the four āśramas (caturāśrama)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms that lasting spiritual attainment (śāśvatī gati) is grounded in ethical conduct: rulers gain it through righteous governance and noble deeds, and people of all four life-stages gain it through protected, purifying merit (puṇya) and disciplined living.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Drona Parva war-reporting frame, Sañjaya addresses the listener (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra) with a benedictive statement, invoking the ‘eternal destiny’ earned by righteous kings and by the virtuous across the four āśramas.