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तावकास् तव पुत्राश् च द्रोणानीकस्थयोस् तयोः ॥
नैतौ तरिष्यतो द्रोणम् इति चक्रुस् तदा मतिम् ॥
तौ तु दृष्ट्वा व्यतिक्रान्तौ द्रोणानीकं महाद्युती ॥
नाशशंसुर् महाराज सिन्धुराजस्य जीवितम् ॥
आशा बलवती राजन् पुत्राणाम् अभवत् तव ॥
द्रोणहार्दिक्ययोः कृष्णौ न मोक्ष्येते इति प्रभो ॥
tāvakās tava putrāś ca droṇānīkasthayos tayoḥ ||
naitau tariṣyato droṇam iti cakrus tadā matim ||
tau tu dṛṣṭvā vyatikrāntau droṇānīkaṃ mahādyutī ||
nāśaśaṃsur mahārāja sindhurājasya jīvitam ||
āśā balavatī rājan putrāṇām abhavat tava ||
droṇahārdikyayoḥ kṛṣṇau na mokṣyete iti prabho ||
Your [warriors] and your sons, [when] those two were at Drona's formation, thought thus: "These two will not get past Drona." But having seen them having passed through Drona's formation, [two] resplendent ones, they did not hope, O great king, for the life of the king of Sindhu. Strong was the hope, O king, that your sons held: "From Drona and Hardikya, the two Krishnas will not escape," O lord.
15356cc9055a · published Jul 19, 2026, 3:52:56 PM UTC
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The Kauravas' hope rested on a barrier of men: "droṇahārdikyayoḥ… na mokṣyete", "from Drona and Kritavarman they will not escape." The barrier fell — and with it, hope. It is telling that reliance on a human wall collapses in the very hour it is most needed. The verse teaches how unstable are hopes propped not on dharma but on another's strength: what seemed an insurmountable barrier is overcome by the will of God; and one who builds his hope on a mortal barrier will inevitably fall into despair when it gives way.