Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तत्र गच्छत यज्रैते युध्यन्ते मामका रथा: । क्षात्रधर्म पुरस्कृत्य सर्व एव गतज्वरा:,“वहाँ जाओ, जहाँ ये मेरे सब रथी क्षत्रियधर्मको सामने रखकर निश्चिन्तभावसे युद्ध कर रहे हैं

Transliteration

tatra gacchata yatraite yudhyante māmakā rathāḥ | kṣātradharma-puraskṛtya sarva eva gata-jvarāḥ ||

Translation

Pergilah ke sana—ke tempat para kesatria kereta perangnya milikku ini bertempur. Dengan dharma ksatria di depan, mereka semua telah menanggalkan kegelisahan dan terjun ke medan laga.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

गच्छतgo (you all)

यत्रwhere

एतेthese

युध्यन्तेare fighting

मामकाःmy/our (own side's)

रथाःchariots (chariot-warriors)

क्षात्रधर्मम्the duty of a kshatriya

पुरस्कृत्यhaving put in front; keeping foremost

सर्वेall

एवindeed; just

गतज्वराःfree from fever/anxiety

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

māmakāḥ (the Kaurava side)

rathāḥ/rathinaḥ (chariot-warriors)

Character Dynamics

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?

The verse foregrounds kṣatriya-dharma: in a righteous battle, warriors are expected to place duty before personal fear, acting with steadiness (gata-jvara) rather than agitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya directs attention to the battlefield sector where the Kaurava chariot-warriors are actively fighting, describing them as committed to the warrior code and undistracted by anxiety.