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

ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗಿರಿ—ನನ್ನ ಈ ರಥಯೋಧರು ಯುದ್ಧಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ; ಕ್ಷಾತ್ರಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಮುಂಚಿಟ್ಟು, ಅವರು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಚಿಂತೆ-ತಾಪವನ್ನು ತೊರೆದು ಸಮರದಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

गच्छतgo (you all)

यत्रwhere

एतेthese

युध्यन्तेare fighting

मामकाःmy/our (own side's)

रथाःchariots (chariot-warriors)

क्षात्रधर्मम्the duty of a kshatriya

पुरस्कृत्यhaving put in front; keeping foremost

सर्वेall

एवindeed; just

गतज्वराःfree from fever/anxiety

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

māmakāḥ (the Kaurava side)

rathāḥ/rathinaḥ (chariot-warriors)

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 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.