Shloka 2
Subhadrā-vilāpaḥ — Subhadrā’s Lament for Abhimanyu
Droṇa-parva 55
युधिछिर उवाच गुरव: पुण्यकर्माण: शक्रप्रतिमविक्रमा: । स्थाने राजर्षयो ब्रद्मन्ननघा: सत्यवादिन:,युधिष्ठिर बोले--ब्रह्मन! इन्द्रके समान पराक्रमी, श्रेष्ठ, पुण्यकर्मा, निष्पाप तथा सत्यवादी राजर्षिगण अपने योग्य उत्तम स्थान (लोक)-में निवास करते हैं
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | guravaḥ puṇyakarmāṇaḥ śakrapratimavikramāḥ | sthāne rājarṣayo brahman anaghāḥ satyavādinaḥ ||
ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನ್! ಇಂದ್ರನಂತೆ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮಿಗಳಾದ, ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠರಾದ, ಪುಣ್ಯಕರ್ಮಿಗಳಾದ, ನಿರ್ದೋಷಿಗಳಾದ ಮತ್ತು ಸತ್ಯವಂತರಾದ ಆ ರಾಜರ್ಷಿಗಳು ತಮ್ಮಿಗೆ ಯೋಗ್ಯವಾದ ಉತ್ಕೃಷ್ಟ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral excellence—especially truthfulness and blameless conduct—together with meritorious action is presented as the basis for attaining one’s rightful, elevated state; valor is praised, but it is framed within ethical purity and truth.
In the midst of the Drona Parva’s war setting, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a Brahman and reflects on the destiny of exemplary royal seers: those who are righteous, truthful, and virtuous are said to abide in the proper, superior realm befitting their deeds.