Shloka 72

Devanagari script

महात्मा फाल्गुनश्वापि सत्यधर्मरत: सदा । विजयस्तस्य नियतं जायते नात्र संशय:,“महात्मा अर्जुन सदा सत्य और धर्ममें तत्पर रहनेवाले हैं; अतः उनकी विजय अवश्य होगी, इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

mahātmā phālguṇaś cāpi satyadharmarataḥ sadā | vijayas tasya niyataṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຟານກຸນະ (ອາຈຸນ) ຜູ້ມີຈິດໃຈຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ຍຶດຫມັ້ນໃນຄວາມຈິງ ແລະ ທຳມະເສມອ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຊັຍຊະນະຂອງເຂົາແນ່ນອນ—ບໍ່ມີຂໍ້ສົງໄສ».

Word by Word

महात्माgreat-souled

फाल्गुनःPhalguna (Arjuna)

अपिalso/indeed

सत्यधर्मरतःdevoted to truth and dharma

सदाalways

विजयःvictory

तस्यof him

नियतंcertainly/inevitably

जायतेarises/comes to be

नnot

अत्रhere/in this matter

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Phālguna (Arjuna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfast commitment to satya (truth) and dharma (righteous conduct) is presented as the decisive ground of success; moral integrity is portrayed as a force that makes victory ‘certain,’ not merely probable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, affirms Arjuna’s character—his constant devotion to truth and dharma—and on that basis declares that Arjuna’s victory is assured, leaving no room for doubt.