जृम्भमाणम् इव व्याघ्रं प्रभिन्नम् इव कुञ्जरम् ॥
त्यजन्तम् आहवे प्राणान् संनद्धं चित्रयोधिनम् ॥
महेष्वासं नरव्याघ्रं द्विषताम् अघवर्धनम् ॥
कृतज्ञं सत्यनिरतं दुर्योधनहितैषिणम् ॥
भारद्वाजं तथानीके दृष्ट्वा शूरम् अवस्थितम् ॥
के वीराः संन्यवर्तन्त तन् ममाचक्ष्व संजय ॥
jṛmbhamāṇam iva vyāghraṃ prabhinnam iva kuñjaram ||
tyajantam āhave prāṇān saṃnaddhaṃ citrayodhinam ||
maheṣvāsaṃ naravyāghraṃ dviṣatām aghavardhanam ||
kṛtajñaṃ satyanirataṃ duryodhanahitaiṣiṇam ||
bhāradvājaṃ tathānīke dṛṣṭvā śūram avasthitam ||
ke vīrāḥ saṃnyavartanta tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya ||
"Alas, was there truly not even one man who, at the sight of Drona standing thus — like a tiger baring its jaws, like an elephant in must, ready to give up his very life in battle, in arms, wondrous in battle, a great archer, a tiger among men, increasing woes for his foes, mindful of good, devoted to truth, caring for Duryodhana's welfare — at the sight of the warrior Drona standing thus to the death in the array, which warriors turned back to face him? Tell me that, O Sanjaya."
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Even while praising his own, Dhritarashtra cannot help but exalt Drona with every virtue at once: archer, tiger, mindful of good, devoted to truth. And at once a bitter question sounds — was there anyone who dared to stand against such a man? In this very catalog of the enemy's virtues sounds a father's anxiety: here is the one fighting for his son. It is significant that the one called "devoted to truth" is a man serving an unjust cause — the measure of a man and the measure of his cause do not coincide. The verse teaches that one can be truly valiant, faithful, and grateful — and still give these gifts to the wrong side; that a man's virtues do not justify the cause to which he devotes them; and that the question "who dared stand against him?" already carries praise for those unknown brave men who did not fear the invincible.