Дхриштадьюмна
स छाद्यमानः समरे द्रौणिना युद्धदुर्मदः ॥
द्रौणिं पाञ्चालतनयो वाग्भिर् आतर्जयत् तदा ॥
न जानीषे प्रतिज्ञां मे विप्रोत्पत्तिं तथैव च ॥
द्रोणं हत्वा किल मया हन्तव्यस् त्वं सुदुर्मते ॥
ततस् त्वाहं न हन्म्य् अद्य द्रोणे जीवति संयुगे ॥
इमां तु रजनीं प्राप्ताम् अप्रभातां सुदुर्मते ॥
निहत्य पितरं ते ऽद्य ततस् त्वाम् अपि संयुगे ॥
नेष्यामि मृत्युलोकायेत्य् एवं मे मनसि स्थितम् ॥
यस् ते पार्थेषु विद्वेषो या भक्तिः कौरवेषु च ॥
तां दर्शय स्थिरो भूत्वा न मे जीवन् विमोक्ष्यसे ॥
यो हि ब्राह्मण्यम् उत्सृज्य क्षत्रधर्मरतो द्विजः ॥
स वध्यः सर्वलोकस्य यथा त्वं पुरुषाधम ॥
sa chādyamānaḥ samare drauṇinā yuddhadurmadaḥ ||
drauṇiṃ pāñcālatanayo vāgbhir ātarjayat tadā ||
na jānīṣe pratijñāṃ me viprotpattiṃ tathaiva ca ||
droṇaṃ hatvā kila mayā hantavyas tvaṃ sudurmate ||
tatas tvāhaṃ na hanmy adya droṇe jīvati saṃyuge ||
imāṃ tu rajanīṃ prāptām aprabhātāṃ sudurmate ||
nihatya pitaraṃ te 'dya tatas tvām api saṃyuge ||
neṣyāmi mṛtyulokāyety evaṃ me manasi sthitam ||
yas te pārtheṣu vidveṣo yā bhaktiḥ kauraveṣu ca ||
tāṃ darśaya sthiro bhūtvā na me jīvan vimokṣyase ||
yo hi brāhmaṇyam utsṛjya kṣatradharmarato dvijaḥ ||
sa vadhyaḥ sarvalokasya yathā tvaṃ puruṣādhama ||
He, being showered in battle by Drauni, furious in the fight, the son of Panchala then terrified him with words: 'You do not know my vow, nor your own brahmin origin. For by me, once I have slain Drona, you are to be slain, most foolish one. In this very night that has come, not yet grown light, most foolish one, having slain your father now, I shall then slay you too in the clash. Whatever enmity you bear toward the Parthas, whatever devotion to the Kauravas — show it now, steady yourself; you will not escape from me alive.'
0702f152e1dd · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:40:45 PM UTC
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Dhrishtadyumna boasts of his vow to slay Drona and then Ashvatthama as well — but fate will reverse this: it is Ashvatthama who will kill him at Sauptika. This tragic foreshadowing-in-reverse is telling. The verse teaches that boasting of a killing yet to come is reckless in the face of unknown fate; and one who promises an enemy destruction, saying 'then you too,' does not know that he has named not his victim but his own future slayer.