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Mahabharata · 7.72.34–35
॥
Санджая
Devanāgarī
ततो द्रोणं शिनेः पौत्रो ग्रसन्तम् इव सृञ्जयान् ॥
प्रत्यविध्यच् छितैर् बाणैः षड्विंशत्या स्तनान्तरे ॥
ततः सर्वे रथास् तूर्णं पाञ्चाला जयगृद्धिनः ॥
सात्वताभिसृते द्रोणे धृष्टद्युम्नम् अमोचयन् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tato droṇaṃ śineḥ pautro grasantam iva sṛñjayān ||
pratyavidhyac chitair bāṇaiḥ ṣaḍviṃśatyā stanāntare ||
tataḥ sarve rathās tūrṇaṃ pāñcālā jayagṛddhinaḥ ||
sātvatābhisṛte droṇe dhṛṣṭadyumnam amocayan ||
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SanskritIASTMeaning
ततः द्रोणम् शिनेः पौत्रःtataḥ droṇam śineḥ pautraḥthen Drona, Shini's grandson; then Drona, Shini's grandson
ग्रसन्तम् इव सृञ्जयान्grasantam iva sṛñjayān[him,] as though devouring the Srinjayas; him, as though devouring the Srinjayas
प्रत्यविध्यत् शितैः बाणैःpratyavidhyat śitaiḥ bāṇaiḥpierced in return with sharp arrows; pierced in return with sharp arrows
षड्विंशत्या स्तनान्तरेṣaḍviṃśatyā stanāntarewith twenty-six between the breasts [in the chest]; with twenty-six in the chest
ततः सर्वे रथाः तूर्णम्tataḥ sarve rathāḥ tūrṇamthen all the charioteers swiftly; then all the charioteers swiftly
पाञ्चालाः जयगृद्धिनःpāñcālāḥ jayagṛddhinaḥthe Panchalas, craving victory; the Panchalas, craving victory
सात्वताभिसृते द्रोणेsātvatābhisṛte droṇewhen Drona rushed [toward] the Satvata; when Drona rushed toward the Satvata
धृष्टद्युम्नम् अमोचयन्dhṛṣṭadyumnam amocayanfreed [led away] Dhrishtadyumna; led Dhrishtadyumna away
Translation
Then Shini's grandson, in return, pierced Drona — who was as though devouring the Srinjayas — with sharp arrows, twenty-six in the chest. Then, while Drona rushed at the Satvata, all the Panchala charioteers, craving victory, led Dhrishtadyumna away to safety.
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The chapter closes on the harmony of the faithful: while Satyaki draws Drona onto himself, pāñcālāḥ... dhṛṣṭadyumnam amocayan, the Panchalas lead Dhrishtadyumna to safety. The rescue is completed by combined effort. It is telling that one takes the blow while others carry out the deliverance. The verse teaches that victory and rescue in a righteous cause are the fruit of many acting as one: one draws the enemy off, others lead the endangered away, a third strikes home; and where comrades act as one, giving themselves for each other, they snatch their own even from the jaws of the mightiest — for the strength of unity overcomes the power of a single fighter.