Shloka 766

Devanagari script

जग्मुस्ते परलोकाय व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम्‌ | वे युद्धसे पीठ न दिखानेवाले

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | jagmus te paralokāya vyāditāsyam ivāntakam |

Translation

三阇耶说道：那些武士走向彼岸之世，仿佛投入张口欲噬的死神之中。他们在战阵中从不背身退却，勇力充盈，擎着金色旌旗，直逼毗湿摩；而后连同战马、战车与战象，一并成了通往来世之路上的行旅。

Word by Word

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परलोकाय: to the other world
• परलोकाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• व्यादितास्यम्: having an opened mouth
• व्यादितास्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यादित-आस्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अन्तकम्: Death (Yama)
• अन्तकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Antaka (Death)
• golden banners/standards
• horses
• chariots
• elephants
• the afterlife (paraloka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the bravest warriors—steadfast and disciplined—remain subject to death; war tests dharma and courage, yet culminates in impermanence, reminding the listener that martial glory cannot override the moral and existential cost of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a group of valiant fighters advancing toward Bhīṣma with unwavering resolve and splendid standards; confronting him proves fatal, and they fall in battle along with their mounts and war-vehicles, metaphorically entering Death itself.