Mahabharata 7.112.49 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 112, Shloka 49
द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः
Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order
यो हि शैनेय मित्रार्थे युध्यमानस्त्यजेत् तनुम् । पृथिवीं च द्विजातिभ्यो यो दद्यात् स समो भवेत्
yo hi śaineya mitrārthe yudhyamānas tyajet tanum | pṛthivīṃ ca dvijātibhyo yo dadyāt sa samo bhavet śaineya ||
శైنےయా! మిత్రుని కోసం యుద్ధం చేస్తూ దేహాన్ని త్యజించేవాడు, అలాగే ద్విజులకు (బ్రాహ్మణులకు) సమస్త భూమిని దానం చేసేవాడు—ఈ ఇద్దరూ సమాన పుణ్యఫలానికి పాత్రులు.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
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The verse equates two supreme acts of merit: laying down one’s life in righteous battle for a friend, and the extraordinary gift of the whole earth to Brahmins. It frames loyalty and self-sacrifice in war as ethically comparable to the highest form of charitable giving.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Śaineya, holding up an ideal of conduct amid the Drona Parva’s intense warfare: steadfast fighting motivated by friendship and duty, and the recognition that such sacrifice earns merit on par with legendary acts of royal generosity.
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