तस्य शब्देन वित्रस्ताः प्राद्रवंस् तावका युधि ॥
क्षत्रधर्मं समुत्सृज्य पलायनपरायणाः ॥
पाण्डवास् तु जयं लब्ध्वा हृष्टा ह्य् आसन् विशां पते ॥
अरिक्षयं च संग्रामे तेन ते सुखम् आप्नुवन् ॥
ततो द्रोणे हते राजन् कुरवः शस्त्रपीडिताः ॥
हतप्रवीरा विध्वस्ता भृशं शोकपरायणाः ॥
tasya śabdena vitrastāḥ prādravaṃs tāvakā yudhi ||
kṣatradharmaṃ samutsṛjya palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ ||
pāṇḍavās tu jayaṃ labdhvā hṛṣṭā hy āsan viśāṃ pate ||
arikṣayaṃ ca saṃgrāme tena te sukham āpnuvan ||
tato droṇe hate rājan kuravaḥ śastrapīḍitāḥ ||
hatapravīrā vidhvastā bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇāḥ ||
Terrified by his roar, your warriors fled in the battle, casting off the kshatriya's dharma, given over to flight. The Pandavas, having gained victory, rejoiced, O lord of the people; and by the destruction of the enemy in the battle they obtained happiness. Then, when Drona was slain, O king, the Kurus, oppressed by weapons, with their heroes slain, shattered, gave themselves deeply to grief.
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One camp rejoices, the other lies in the dust of grief -- yet both are carried by the same wave of consequence from the fallen leader. It is telling that the Pandavas' joy is measured by "the enemy's destruction": happiness built on another's death is by its nature unstable. The verse teaches that in the turning wheel of victory and defeat there is no firm ground for the heart; the one who exults today may weep tomorrow -- and so the wise seek not triumph over others but a peace that does not depend on the outcome of battles.