Mahabharata 15.36.23 — Ashramavasika Parva, Adhyaya 36, Shloka 23

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

गच्छ संजय यत्राग्निर्न त्वां दहति करह्िचित्‌

Transliteration

gaccha sañjaya yatrāgnir na tvāṁ dahati karhicit

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「行け、サンジャヤよ。火が決して汝を焼かぬ場所へ行け。」物語の上では、これは護りのための指示である—サンジャヤを神的に守護された領域へ導き、霊的権威が肉体の危難からの避難所を授け得ること、また賢者の教えに従うこと自体がダルマにかなう行いであることを示している。

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

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

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, accusative, singular

• दहति: burns
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: लट् (present indicative), 3, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• कदाचित्: ever / at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sañjaya
• Agni (fire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic value of heeding enlightened guidance: a sage’s instruction can lead one to safety, symbolizing that spiritual refuge and right counsel protect a person even amid destructive forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Sañjaya and directs him to go to a place where fire cannot harm him, implying an imminent danger or a sacred/protected zone where ordinary physical threats are rendered ineffective.