Shloka 32
गृहे यत् क्षत्रियस्यापि निधन तद् विगर्हितम् । अधर्म: सुमहानेष यच्छय्यामरणं गृहे,'क्षत्रियकी भी यदि घरमें मृत्यु हो जाय तो उसे निन्दित माना गया है। घरमें खाटपर सोकर मरना यह क्षत्रियके लिये महान् पाप है
gṛhe yat kṣatriyasyāpi nidhanaṁ tad vigarhitam | adharmaḥ sumahān eṣa yacchayyāmaraṇaṁ gṛhe ||
Bahkan bagi seorang kṣatriya, mati di rumah dianggap tercela. Menghembuskan napas terakhir di rumah—berbaring di ranjang—dipandang sebagai pelanggaran dharma yang sangat besar bagi seorang kesatria.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts kṣatriya-dharma: a warrior’s honorable end is tied to active duty and courage. Dying comfortably at home—symbolized by ‘death on a bed’—is portrayed as a serious lapse from the warrior’s ethical vocation.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, comments on the standards of warrior conduct. He frames death-at-home for a kṣatriya as censurable, reinforcing the epic’s battlefield code of honor and duty.