Shloka 7

Devanagari script

गत: स वीरलोकाय पिता मम न संशय:

Transliteration

gataḥ sa vīralokāya pitā mama na saṁśayaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: My father has gone to the realm of heroes—of this there is no doubt. The statement frames death in battle as a passage to an honored destiny, affirming courage and duty amid the moral gravity of war.

Word by Word

• गतः: gone
• गतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरलोकाय: to the world of heroes
• वीरलोकाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरलोक
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sañjaya's father
• vīraloka (realm of heroes)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms a dharmic-warrior ideal: a valiant death is not merely loss but a transition to honored status (vīraloka). It also models steadiness of conviction—speaking with certainty even amid sorrow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that his father has departed (i.e., has died) and declares with confidence that he has attained the heroes’ realm, interpreting the death through the ethical lens of battlefield honor.