Shloka 13
अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्
Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report
यह गदा इन शूरवीर भूपालका साथ किसी भी युद्धमें नहीं छोड़ती थी और आज स्वर्गलोकमें जाते समय भी यशस्वी नरेशका साथ नहीं छोड़ रही है ।।
paśyemāṃ saha vīreṇa jāmbūnadavibhūṣitām | śayānāṃ śayane harmye bhāryā prītimatīm iva ||
Wika ni Kripa: “Tingnan ninyo ang pamalong ito, pinalamutian ng ginto ng Jāmbūnada. Nakahimlay ito sa tabi ng bayani sa kanyang higaan ng digmaan, na wari’y isang asawang mapagmahal na nakahiga kasama niya sa higaan ng palasyo. Ang sandatang ito na kailanma’y hindi siya iniwan sa alinmang labanan, hindi rin siya iniiwan ngayon habang ang bantog na hari’y patungo sa langit.”
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfast loyalty and identity through dharma: a warrior’s defining companion—his weapon—remains with him even in death. It evokes the ethical weight of kṣatriya life, where honor, duty, and the instruments of war are inseparable, while also underscoring the tragedy and intimacy of battlefield loss.
Kṛpa points to the fallen king/hero on the battlefield and draws a poignant comparison: the gold-adorned mace lies beside him on the ‘bed of arrows/battle,’ like a loving wife beside her husband in a palace. The image intensifies the scene’s grief and reverence for the warrior’s fame as he is imagined to be going to heaven.