Mahabharata · 7.52.20–21
॥
Devanāgarī
एवम् आश्वासितो राजन् पुत्रेण तव सैन्धवः ॥
दुर्योधनेन सहितो द्रोणं रात्राव् उपागमत् ॥
उपसंग्रहणं कृत्वा द्रोणाय स विशां पते ॥
उपोपविश्य प्रणतः पर्यपृच्छद् इदं तदा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
evam āśvāsito rājan putreṇa tava saindhavaḥ ||
duryodhanena sahito droṇaṃ rātrāv upāgamat ||
upasaṃgrahaṇaṃ kṛtvā droṇāya sa viśāṃ pate ||
upopaviśya praṇataḥ paryapṛcchad idaṃ tadā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एवम् आश्वासितःevam āśvāsitaḥthus comforted [encouraged]; thus encouraged
राजन्rājanO king; O sovereign
पुत्रेण तवputreṇa tavaby your son; by your son
सैन्धवःsaindhavaḥthe man of Sindhu; the man of Sindhu
दुर्योधनेन सहितःduryodhanena sahitaḥtogether with Duryodhana; together with Duryodhana
द्रोणम् रात्रौ उपागमत्droṇam rātrau upāgamatcame to Drona by night; came to Drona by night
उपसंग्रहणम् कृत्वाupasaṃgrahaṇam kṛtvāhaving paid homage [touched his feet]; having clasped his feet
द्रोणायdroṇāyato Drona; to Drona
सः विशां पतेsaḥ viśāṃ patehe, O lord of the peoples; he, O sovereign
उपोपविश्यupopaviśyasitting down [beside]; having sat down beside
प्रणतःpraṇataḥbowed low [humbly]; humbly
पर्यपृच्छत् इदम् तदाparyapṛcchat idam tadāasked then this; asked then thus
Translation
Thus encouraged, O king, by your son, the man of Sindhu together with Duryodhana came to Drona by night. Having clasped Drona's feet, he, O lord of the peoples, sat down beside him and, bowing low, asked then this.
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Duryodhana's word did not bring true peace — and so Jayadratha seeks another: he goes to the teacher, to the source of martial knowledge. "Upasaṃgrahaṇaṃ kṛtvā… praṇataḥ", "having clasped his feet… humbly" — fear has brought him to a humility that was not in him before. It is telling that from flattery and numbers he turns to a teacher: a soul unconsoled by outward things reaches toward one who can grant true support through knowledge. The verse teaches that unappeased anxiety leads to the teacher, and humility before one who knows is the first step from blind fear toward clarity — even if what moves it is only the thirst to survive.