Shloka 423

अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्

Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report

Devanagari script

यथाज्येष्ठं यथाश्रेष्ठं पूजयेवचनान्मम । “महाराज! आपसे बिछुड़ जानेपर हमें शान्ति और सुख कैसे मिल सकते हैं? राजन! स्वर्गमें जाकर सब महारथियोंसे मिलनेपर आप मेरी ओरसे बड़े-छोटेके क्रमसे उन सबका आदर-सत्कार करें

Transliteration

yathājyeṣṭhaṃ yathāśreṣṭhaṃ pūjaye vacanān mama |

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂໍພຣະມະຫາກະສັດ ຈົ່ງຖວາຍກຽດຕິຍົດ ແລະການຕ້ອນຮັບແທນຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ ຕາມລໍາດັບຜູ້ໃຫຍ່ຜູ້ນ້ອຍ ແລະຕາມຄຸນຄ່າຄວາມດີເລີດ. ຂ້າແຕ່ພຣະມະຫາຣາຊາ! ເມື່ອພວກເຮົາຕ້ອງພັດພາກຈາກພຣະອົງ ຈະຫາຄວາມສະຫງົບ ແລະຄວາມສຸກໄດ້ແນວໃດ? ແລະໂອ ຜູ້ປົກຄອງ, ເມື່ອພຣະອົງໄປຮອດສະຫວັນ ແລະໄດ້ພົບມະຫາຣະຖີທັງຫຼາຍ ຂໍຈົ່ງສົ່ງຄວາມນົບນ້ອມຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໃຫ້ແກ່ພວກເຂົາທຸກຄົນ ຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງ ຕາມລໍາດັບ»។

Word by Word

• यथा: as; according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• ज्येष्ठम्: the eldest/senior (in due order)
• ज्येष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as; according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• श्रेष्ठम्: the best/most excellent (as appropriate)
• श्रेष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पूजये: may I honor / should I honor
• पूजये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वचनात्: from (your/my) word; by command
• वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• मम: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)
• svarga (heaven)
• mahārathī-s (great chariot-warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharmic social order: respect should be rendered with discernment—honoring people according to seniority (jyeṣṭha) and merit/excellence (śreṣṭha). Even amid grief, ethical conduct is expressed through proper reverence and courteous remembrance of others.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the king, expressing sorrow at separation and asking him to convey Sañjaya’s respects in heaven to the fallen great warriors, honoring them in due order—elders and juniors—when the king meets them there.