Shloka 59
एभिरेव शरैश्षाहं दग्धव्यो5स्मि नराधिपा: । 'क्षत्रियधर्ममें जिसकी प्रशंसा की गयी है
sañjaya uvāca | ebhir eva śaraiḥ śāhaṃ dagdhavyo 'smi narādhipāḥ | kṣatriyadharme yasya praśaṃsā kṛtā, tām uttamāṃ gatiṃ prāpto 'smi | bhūpālāḥ, ahaṃ bāṇaśayyāyāṃ śayānaḥ | adhunā mama dharmo na, etān bāṇān uddhṛtya cikitsāṃ kārayitum | nareśvarāḥ, mama etat śarīraṃ ebhiḥ bāṇaiḥ sahaiva dagdhaṃ kartavyaṃ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「おお諸王よ、この身は、体内に刺さるこれらの矢をそのままにして火葬されるべきである。クシャトリヤの法において称えられる至高の帰趨を、私はすでに得た。おお統治者たちよ、私は矢の床に横たわる。もはや矢を抜かせて治療を求めるのは、我が務めではない。人々の主よ、この身はこれらの矢とともに焼かれるべきだ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames a warrior’s end as an ethical choice: accepting the consequences of battle without clinging to bodily preservation. By refusing to remove the arrows for treatment and asking to be cremated as he is, the speaker presents steadfastness, honor, and fidelity to kṣatriya-dharma as a ‘highest destiny’ praised for warriors.
In the aftermath of grievous wounding in war, the speaker—addressing kings—declares that he lies on a bed of arrows and should not seek medical intervention. He instructs that his body be cremated with the arrows still embedded, presenting this as consistent with the warrior code and as the culmination of a praised kṣatriya end.