Mahabharata 7.194.57 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 194, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

योगयुक्त महात्मानं गच्छन्तं परमां गतिम्‌ । अहं धनंजय: पार्थो कृप: शारद्वतस्तथा

Transliteration

yogayukta-mahātmānaṃ gacchantaṃ paramāṃ gatim | ahaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ pārthaḥ kṛpaḥ śāradvatas tathā

Translation

ہم نے یوگ میں مستحکم اُس مہاتما کو پرم گتی کی طرف جاتے دیکھا؛ اور میں، دھننجے پارتھ (ارجن) اور شاردوت کے پُتر کرِپا بھی (وہاں تھے)۔

Word by Word

• योगयुक्तम्: yoga-endowed, disciplined
• योगयुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छन्तम्: going, proceeding
• गच्छन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Present (Lat), Parasmaipada, Shatr (present active participle)

• परमाम्: supreme, highest
• परमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थः: Pārtha (son of Pṛthā; Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृपः: Kṛpa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शारद्वतः: Śāradvata (descendant of Śaradvat; i.e., Kṛpa)
• शारद्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारद्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
• Partha (Arjuna)
• Kripa
• Sharadvat

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the violence and moral strain of war, the text highlights the ideal of inner discipline (yoga) and nobility of soul (mahātmā): the highest human aspiration is not merely victory but movement toward the “supreme goal” (paramā gati), implying spiritual fulfillment beyond worldly outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya, reporting events to Dhritarashtra, describes a great-souled, yoga-disciplined figure advancing toward the highest state, and notes the presence of key warriors—Arjuna (Dhananjaya/Partha) and Kripa (son of Sharadvat)—situating the moment within the battlefield’s unfolding action and its moral-spiritual framing.