Shloka 553
मृतो दुःखं न जानीते प्रेत्य चानन्त्यम श्रुते । 'क्षत्रियधर्मके अनुसार युद्ध करनेवाले वीरोंकी संग्राममें सुखपूर्वक मृत्यु होती है। वहाँ मरे हुएको मृत्युके दुःखका अनुभव नहीं होता और परलोकमें जानेपर उसे अक्षय सुखकी प्राप्ति होती है
mṛto duḥkhaṃ na jānīte pretya cānantyam aśnute | kṣatriyadharmake'nusāraṃ yuddhaṃ kurvato vīrasya saṅgrāme sukhapūrvakā mṛtyur bhavati | tatra mṛtasya mṛtyu-duḥkhasyānubhavo na bhavati, paralokaṃ gatvā cākṣaya-sukhaṃ prāpnoti |
三阇耶说道：既已死去之人，便不复知晓死亡之苦；越此而往，便得无尽的福乐。凡依刹帝利之法（kṣatriya-dharma）而战的英雄，战死沙场被视为吉祥的归宿：阵亡者不觉临终之痛，及至来世，便获不坏之乐。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames battlefield death, when undertaken in accordance with kṣatriya-dharma, as ethically meaningful and spiritually fruitful: the dead do not experience the suffering of death, and the warrior gains an imperishable good in the afterlife. It reinforces the Mahābhārata’s recurrent linkage between svadharma (one’s rightful duty) and posthumous merit.
Sañjaya, narrating the war to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, offers a consolatory and exhortative reflection on the fate of warriors. In the midst of the Karṇa Parva’s intense fighting, he emphasizes that a hero who fights according to kṣatriya duty meets a ‘fortunate’ death and attains lasting reward beyond this life.