Mahabharata 7.79.40 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 79, Shloka 40

Jayadratha-rakṣā: Conch Signals and Encirclement of Arjuna

Chapter 79

Devanagari script

सुभद्रे मा शुच:ः पुत्र पाउ्चाल्याश्वासयोत्तराम्‌ । गतो5भिमन्यु: प्रथितां गतिं क्षत्रियपुज्रव:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | subhadre mā śucaḥ putra pāñcālyāśvāsayottarām | gato 'bhimanyuḥ prathitāṃ gatiṃ kṣatriyapuṅgavaḥ ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Субхадра, не скорби о сыне. О Панчали, дочь Друпады, утешь Уттару. Абхиманью, лучший среди воинов, достиг прославленной, высшей участи — пал в бою с честью, как и подобает кшатриям».

Word by Word

• सुभद्रे: O Subhadrā
• सुभद्रे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रा
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• शुचः: grieve
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाञ्चालि: O Pāñcālī (Draupadī)
• पाञ्चालि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाली
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• आश्वासय: comfort, console
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्वस्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• उत्तराम्: Uttarā
• उत्तराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: gone, attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिमन्युः: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रथिताम्: famed, renowned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: course, state, destiny
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• क्षत्रियपुंगवः: the bull/foremost among kṣatriyas
• क्षत्रियपुंगवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय-पुंगव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Subhadrā
• Draupadī (Pāñcālī)
• Uttarā
• Abhimanyu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames heroic death in righteous battle as a ‘renowned destiny’ for a kṣatriya, urging the bereaved to restrain grief and uphold steadiness (dhairya) in the face of loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Abhimanyu’s fall, Sañjaya reports and offers consolation: he tells Subhadrā not to mourn for her son and asks Draupadī to encourage Uttarā, emphasizing Abhimanyu’s honorable end and exalted posthumous state.