Shloka 105
गमिष्यामि स्वकं स्थानमासीद्ू यन्मे पुरातनम् | उदगायन आदित्ये हंसा: सत्यं ब्रवीमि व:,/हंसो! सूर्यके उत्तरायण होनेपर ही मैं उस लोककी यात्रा करूँगा, जो मेरा पुरातन स्थान है। यह मैं आपलोगोंसे सच्ची बात कह रहा हूँ
gamiṣyāmi svakaṁ sthānam āsīd yad me purātanam | udagāyane āditye haṁsāḥ satyaṁ bravīmi vaḥ ||
I shall depart for my own abode—the ancient station that has long been mine—only when the Sun has turned to the northern course (uttarāyaṇa). O Haṁsas, I tell you this in truth. (The statement underscores a deliberate, dharma-guided choice of time for departure, valuing auspicious order and steadfast resolve amid the surrounding turmoil of war.)
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes steadfast adherence to truth and to a dharma-informed sense of auspicious timing: one should act (even in matters of life’s end) with deliberate alignment to cosmic order rather than impulse or fear.
A speaker declares an intention to depart for an ancient, rightful abode only when the Sun enters its northern course (uttarāyaṇa), addressing the Haṁsas and affirming the statement as truthful—echoing the epic’s motif of choosing the proper time for departure amid the larger war setting.