Shloka 32
शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command
गृहे यत् क्षत्रियस्यापि निधन तद् विगर्हितम् । अधर्म: सुमहानेष यच्छय्यामरणं गृहे
gṛhe yat kṣatriyasyāpi nidhanaṁ tad vigarhitam | adharmaḥ sumahān eṣa yacchayyāmaraṇaṁ gṛhe ||
اگر ایک کشتریہ کی بھی موت گھر میں ہو جائے تو وہ قابلِ ملامت سمجھی جاتی ہے۔ گھر میں بستر پر پڑے پڑے مر جانا—ایک جنگجو کے لیے بہت بڑا اَدھرم ہے۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts kṣatriya-dharma: a warrior’s honorable end is tied to active duty and courage. Dying comfortably at home—symbolized by ‘death on a bed’—is portrayed as a serious lapse from the warrior’s ethical vocation.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, comments on the standards of warrior conduct. He frames death-at-home for a kṣatriya as censurable, reinforcing the epic’s battlefield code of honor and duty.