Shloka 34
न शक्तः संयुगे हन्तुं साक्षादपि शतक्रतुः । स्वच्छन्दतस्तव सुतो गत: स्वर्ग शुभानने
na śaktaḥ saṃyuge hantuṃ sākṣād api śatakratuḥ | svacchandatas tava suto gataḥ svarga śubhānane ||
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—“اے خوش رُو! خود شتکرتُو (اندر) بھی میدانِ جنگ میں تمہارے بیٹے کو قتل کرنے کے قابل نہ تھا۔ وہ اپنی مرضی سے بدن چھوڑ کر سوَرگ کو گیا ہے۔”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the extraordinary merit and martial invincibility of the hero, while framing his death as voluntary and dharmic rather than as a defeat. It offers ethical consolation: true greatness is not measured by being slain, but by self-mastery and a righteous end leading to Svarga.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reassures the grieving addressee that her son was not overcome by an enemy; even Indra could not have killed him in battle. He chose to give up his body of his own will and attained heaven.