तांस् तथा भृशसंक्रुद्धान् पाञ्चालान् मत्स्यकेकयान् ॥
सृञ्जयान् पाण्डवांश् चैव द्रोणो व्यक्षोभयद् बली ॥
सात्यकिं चेकितानं च धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ ॥
वार्धक्षेमिं चित्रसेनं सेनाबिन्दुं सुवर्चसम् ॥
एतांश् चान्यांश् च सुबहून् नानाजनपदेश्वरान् ॥
सर्वान् द्रोणो ऽजयद् युद्धे कुरुभिः परिवारितः ॥
tāṃs tathā bhṛśasaṃkruddhān pāñcālān matsyakekayān ||
sṛñjayān pāṇḍavāṃś caiva droṇo vyakṣobhayad balī ||
sātyakiṃ cekitānaṃ ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍinau ||
vārdhakṣemiṃ citrasenaṃ senābinduṃ suvarcasam ||
etāṃś cānyāṃś ca subahūn nānājanapadeśvarān ||
sarvān droṇo 'jayad yuddhe kurubhiḥ parivāritaḥ ||
Those -- the exceedingly enraged Panchalas, Matsyas and Kekayas, Srinjayas and Pandavas -- the mighty Drona shook. Satyaki, Chekitana, Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandin, Vardhakshemi, Chitrasena, Senabindu, Suvarchas -- these and many other lords of various lands, all of them Drona defeated in battle, supported by the Kurus.
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The long list of lords defeated -- Satyaki, Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandin, and many others -- shows the hour of Drona's near-total triumph. And yet the tradition drops a telling detail: he overcomes them 'supported by the Kurus.' Even the greatest is not alone; his invincibility rests also on the massed army around him. Notably, the list includes Dhrishtadyumna, destined to be his death: defeated now, he will outlive this day. The verse teaches that the triumph of the mightiest rests not on his strength alone but on the support of his own; that victory in a single hour is not the outcome of the whole struggle -- one defeated today may rise tomorrow; and that wise is he who is not carried away even by a wide victory, remembering that among those broken now may lie hidden the one whose hand will bring the end.