Shloka 316

कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief

Devanagari script

पाण्डवार्थे पराक्रान्तो गमितो यमसादनम्‌ । पाण्डवोंके लिये पराक्रम प्रकट करनेवाले वीर सत्यधृतिने भी रणभूमिमें शत्रुओंका संहार करके यमलोककी राह ली

Transliteration

pāṇḍavārthe parākrānto gamito yamasādanam |

Translation

Sanjaya berkata: “Demi Pāṇḍava ia mengerahkan keberaniannya; setelah menumpas musuh di medan perang, sang kesatria Satyadhṛti pun menempuh jalan menuju kediaman Yama.”

Word by Word

• पाण्डव-अर्थे: for the sake of the Pāṇḍavas / in the Pāṇḍavas' cause
• पाण्डव-अर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पराक्रान्तः: having advanced/charged forth; valiant
• पराक्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रान्त (√क्रम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गमितः: gone; led (to)
• गमितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गमित (√गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यम-सादनम्: the abode of Yama (death)
• यम-सादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + सादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Yama
• Satyadhṛti
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the kṣatriya ideal of steadfast loyalty and courageous action for one’s rightful cause, while also reminding that even great valor culminates in mortality—death (Yama’s realm) is the inevitable end of embodied life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the warrior Satyadhṛti, fighting on behalf of the Pāṇḍavas, displayed great prowess, slew enemies in battle, and then fell—thus being described as going to Yama’s abode.