Shloka 59
मम वाक्यकरीौ वीरौ मम गौरवयन्त्रितौ । सैन्यार्णवं समुत्तीर्णो दिष्ट्या पश्यामि वामहम्,“मेरे प्रति गौरवसे बँधकर मेरी आज्ञाका पालन करनेवाले तुम दोनों वीरोंको मैं सैन्य- समुद्रसे पार हुआ देख रहा हूँ, यह सौभाग्यका विषय है
mama vākyakarī vīrau mama gauravayantritau | sainyārṇavaṃ samuttīrṇo diṣṭyā paśyāmi vām aham ||
Sañjaya said: “Bound to me by a sense of honor and compelled by loyalty, you two heroes have carried out my command. By good fortune I now see you both having crossed beyond the ocean of the army—this is indeed a matter of blessing.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of honor and loyalty in a warrior culture: carrying out a superior’s command and remaining steadfast can be praised as ‘gaurava’ (a binding sense of honor). At the same time, it implicitly raises the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between obedience to authority and the larger demands of dharma.
Sañjaya speaks to two unnamed heroes, praising them for obeying his instruction and expressing relief that they have safely come through the perilous mass of troops—likened to an ‘ocean’—and are now visible to him alive.