Shloka 40
यद् वै त्वां नानुगच्छामस्तेन धक्ष्यामहे वयम् | तत् स्वर्गहीना हीनार्था: स्मरन्त: सुकृतस्य ते,“राजन्! परम गतिको जाते समय आपके पीछे-पीछे जो हम तीनों भी नहीं चल रहे हैं, इसके कारण हम स्वर्ग और अर्थ दोनोंसे वंचित हो आपके सुकृतोंका स्मरण करते हुए दिन- रात शोकाग्निमें जलते रहेंगे
yad vai tvāṃ nānugacchāmas tena dhakṣyāmahe vayam | tat svargahīnā hīnārthāḥ smarantaḥ sukṛtasya te ||
桑阇耶说道：“若我们果真不随您而去，便将被这过失本身所吞噬。失却天界，亦失一切应得之利；大王啊，我们将不断追忆您的善业，昼夜在悲恸之火中燃烧。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames loyalty and accompaniment of one’s rightful leader as ethically weighty: failing to stand with him is felt as a moral lapse that destroys both worldly purpose (artha) and hoped-for heavenly merit (svarga), leaving only remorse and grief.
Sañjaya addresses the king, expressing that if they do not follow him at the decisive moment, they will suffer intense remorse—imagined as burning in sorrow—while recalling the king’s past merits and virtues.