Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तत्र गच्छत यज्रैते युध्यन्ते मामका रथा: । क्षात्रधर्म पुरस्कृत्य सर्व एव गतज्वरा:,“वहाँ जाओ, जहाँ ये मेरे सब रथी क्षत्रियधर्मको सामने रखकर निश्चिन्तभावसे युद्ध कर रहे हैं

Transliteration

tatra gacchata yatraite yudhyante māmakā rathāḥ | kṣātradharma-puraskṛtya sarva eva gata-jvarāḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「行け――我が車戦士たちが戦っているその場へ。クシャトリヤの法（ダルマ）を先に掲げ、彼らは皆、憂いを捨てて戦いに身を投じている。」

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• गच्छत: go (you all)
• गच्छत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: imperative, 2nd person, plural, parasmaipada

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (relative locative adverb)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• युध्यन्ते: are fighting
• युध्यन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: present, 3rd person, plural, ātmanepada

• मामकाः: my/our (own side's)
• मामकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मामक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• रथाः: chariots (chariot-warriors)
• रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• क्षात्रधर्मम्: the duty of a kshatriya
• क्षात्रधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षात्रधर्म
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पुरस्कृत्य: having put in front; keeping foremost
• पुरस्कृत्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरस्-कृ
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable (particle)

• गतज्वराः: free from fever/anxiety
• गतज्वराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतज्वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• māmakāḥ (the Kaurava side)
• rathāḥ/rathinaḥ (chariot-warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds kṣatriya-dharma: in a righteous battle, warriors are expected to place duty before personal fear, acting with steadiness (gata-jvara) rather than agitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya directs attention to the battlefield sector where the Kaurava chariot-warriors are actively fighting, describing them as committed to the warrior code and undistracted by anxiety.