Shloka 32

शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

gṛhe yat kṣatriyasyāpi nidhanaṁ tad vigarhitam | adharmaḥ sumahān eṣa yacchayyāmaraṇaṁ gṛhe ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Even for a kṣatriya, to meet death at home is considered blameworthy. To die in one’s house—lying on a bed—is held to be a very great breach of dharma for a warrior, for his ordained path is to face danger and death in the field of duty rather than in sheltered ease.

Word by Word

गृहेin (the) house

यत्that which

क्षत्रियस्यof a kshatriya

अपिeven/also

निधनम्death

तत्that

विगर्हितम्censured/blameworthy

अधर्मःunrighteousness/sin

सुमहान्very great

एषःthis

यत्that which

शय्या-मरणम्death on a bed (i.e., dying in bed)

गृहेin the house

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

kṣatriya

gṛha (home/house)

śayyā (bed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes