Shloka 7

Devanagari script

गत: स वीरलोकाय पिता मम न संशय:

Transliteration

gataḥ sa vīralokāya pitā mama na saṁśayaḥ

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「我が父は英雄の世界へ赴いた――これに疑いはない。」この言葉は、戦場の死を誉れある運命への通過として捉え、戦の道徳的重みのただ中で、勇気と義務を確かにする。

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.