Shloka 8
Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha
Verbal Duel and Omens
तत्र वै योत्स्यमाना ये देहं त्यक्ष्यन्ति मानवा: । तेषां स्वर्गे ध्रुवी वास: शक्रेण सह मारिष,“माननीय नरेश! जो मानव वहाँ युद्ध करते हुए अपने शरीरका त्याग करेंगे, उनका निश्चय ही स्वर्गलोकमें इन्द्रके साथ निवास होगा
tatra vai yotsyamānā ye dehaṃ tyakṣyanti mānavāḥ | teṣāṃ svarge dhruvī vāsaḥ śakreṇa saha māriṣa ||
サンジャヤは言った。「尊き御方よ、そこで戦い、身を捨てる者たちは、必ずや天界に確かな住処を得て、シャクラ（インドラ）とともに住まうであろう」と。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms a traditional kṣatriya ethic: one who dies while fighting in a righteous battle is believed to gain assured heavenly reward—here described as a firm residence in Svarga with Indra—thereby framing battlefield death as meaningful and meritorious rather than merely tragic.
Sanjaya, narrating events to the king, declares that the warriors who will fight at that place and fall in combat will attain heaven and dwell with Śakra (Indra), encouraging a view of impending deaths as leading to a promised celestial outcome.