Shloka 193

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

गमनं रोचते महां यत्र यातौ महारथौ । “इस समय जो कर्तव्य प्राप्त है, उसपर मैंने अनेक प्रकारसे प्रबल विचार कर लिया है। जहाँ महारथी अर्जुन और सात्यकि गये हैं, वहीं धनुर्धर वीर पाण्डुनन्दन भीमसेनको भी जाना चाहिये--यही मुझे ठीक जँचता है

Transliteration

gamanaṃ rocate mahāṃ yatra yātau mahārathau |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “It seems best to me that we should proceed to the very place where the two great chariot-warriors have gone.”

Word by Word

• गमनम्: going, departure
• गमनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रोचते: is pleasing/appears good
• रोचते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• महाम्: great (to/for)
• महाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• यातौ: gone
• यातौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Past participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• महारथौ: two great chariot-warriors
• महारथौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two mahārathas (unspecified in the Sanskrit line)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights prudent decision-making in crisis: one should choose the course of action that appears most fitting after assessing where decisive forces have moved, aligning one’s response with duty and strategic necessity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a strategic inclination: to go toward the location where two foremost warriors have already advanced, implying a need to reinforce or follow the main thrust of the battle.