Shloka 69

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection

Devanagari script

ध्र॒ुवं हि युद्धे मरणं शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम्‌ । गत: पुण्यकृतां लोकानभिमन्युर्न संशय:,'पीछे पैर न हटानेवाले शूरवीरोंका युद्धमें मरण अवश्यम्भावी है। अभिमन्यु पुण्यात्मा पुरुषोंके लोकमें गया है, इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

dhruvaṁ hi yuddhe maraṇaṁ śūrāṇām anivartinām | gataḥ puṇyakṛtāṁ lokān abhimanyur na saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「退かぬ勇士にとって、戦における死はまことに必定である。アビマンニュは功徳を積んだ者の至る世界へ赴いた——これに疑いはない。」

Word by Word

ध्रुवम्certainly, surely

हिindeed, for

युद्धेin battle

मरणम्death

शूराणाम्of heroes

अनिवर्तिनाम्of those who do not turn back

गतःhas gone

पुण्यकृताम्of doers of merit (the virtuous)

लोकान्worlds, realms

अभिमन्युःAbhimanyu

नnot

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Abhimanyu

puṇyakṛtāṁ lokāḥ (realms of the meritorious)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms a kṣatriya ethical ideal: for steadfast warriors who do not retreat, death in battle is an accepted certainty, and such unwavering courage—when aligned with righteous conduct—is presented as leading to meritorious realms after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra after Abhimanyu’s fall, framing the event as the inevitable outcome of heroic, non-retreating warfare and consoling the listener by asserting that Abhimanyu has attained the blessed worlds of the virtuous.