Mahābhārata · 7.20.1–2
॥
Devanāgarī
संजय उवाच
ततो युधिष्ठिरो द्रोणं दृष्ट्वान्तिकम् उपागतम् ॥
महता शरवर्षेण प्रत्यगृह्णाद् अभीतवत् ॥
ततो हलहलाशब्द आसीद् यौधिष्ठिरे बले ॥
जिघृक्षति महासिंहे गजानाम् इव यूथपम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
saṃjaya uvāca
tato yudhiṣṭhiro droṇaṃ dṛṣṭvāntikam upāgatam ||
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa pratyagṛhṇād abhītavat ||
tato halahalāśabda āsīd yaudhiṣṭhire bale ||
jighṛkṣati mahāsiṃhe gajānām iva yūthapam ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
ततःtataḥthen; thereupon
युधिष्ठिरःyudhiṣṭhiraḥYudhishthira
द्रोणम्droṇamDrona; Drona
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāhaving seen; having spotted
अन्तिकम्antikamnearby [having drawn close]; [quite] close
उपागतम्upāgatamhaving come near [approached]; having drawn close
महता शरवर्षेणmahatā śaravarṣeṇawith a great shower of arrows; with a mighty shower of arrows
प्रत्यगृह्णात्pratyagṛhṇātmet [received]; met [head-on]
अभीतवत्abhītavatfearlessly [as one unafraid]; without fear
हलहलाशब्दःhalahalāśabdaḥthe cry of "halahala" [a din of confusion]; the anxious din of "halahala"
आसीत्āsītarose [went up]; went up
यौधिष्ठिरे बलेyaudhiṣṭhire balein Yudhishthira's army; in Yudhishthira's host
जिघृक्षतिjighṛkṣati[when] eager to seize [bent on grabbing]; [as] bent on seizing
महासिंहेmahāsiṃhea great lion; a mighty lion
गजानाम्gajānāmof elephants; [among] elephants
इवivaas if [like]; just as
यूथपम्yūthapamthe leader [herd-lord]; the herd's leader
Traducción
Then Yudhishthira, seeing Drona drawing quite close, met him fearlessly with a mighty shower of arrows. And an anxious din of "halahala" arose in Yudhishthira's host — as when a mighty lion is bent on seizing the leader of a herd of elephants.
Versión
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Yudhishthira, to whom timidity was ascribed, meets the formidable teacher "fearlessly" — the King of Dharma does not yield in courage when the hour comes. And the anxious din in his army arises not for their own sake but for the king's: the warriors fear that the lion Drona will seize their "leader." It is notable that the danger to the sovereign is felt by the whole army as its own — the bond between king and host is such that a threat to one is echoed in all. The verse teaches that a true leader does not waver in the hour of trial, and is dear to his people not through fear but through love; that an army's anxiety for its leader is a sign not of weakness but of devotion; and that in the firm bond between a sovereign and his people lies a strength that weapons alone cannot give.