Mahābhārata · 7.46.16–17
॥
Devanāgarī
स तु द्रौणिं त्रिसप्तत्या हेमपुङ्खैर् अजिह्मगैः ॥
प्रत्यविध्यन् महातेजा बलवान् अपकारिणम् ॥
तस्मिन् द्रोणो बाणशतं पुत्रगृद्धी न्यपातयत् ॥
अश्वत्थामा तथाष्टौ च परीप्सन् पितरं रणे ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
sa tu drauṇiṃ trisaptatyā hemapuṅkhair ajihmagaiḥ ||
pratyavidhyan mahātejā balavān apakāriṇam ||
tasmin droṇo bāṇaśataṃ putragṛddhī nyapātayat ||
aśvatthāmā tathāṣṭau ca parīpsan pitaraṃ raṇe ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सःsaḥhe [Abhimanyu]; he
तुtubut; —
द्रौणिम्drauṇimson of Drona [Ashvatthaman]; son of Drona
त्रिसप्तत्याtrisaptatyāwith seventy-three; with seventy-three
हेमपुङ्खैःhemapuṅkhaiḥgold-feathered; gold-feathered [arrows]
अजिह्मगैःajihmagaiḥstraight-flying; straight-flying
प्रत्यविध्यत्pratyavidhyatpierced in return; struck back
महातेजाःmahātejāḥof great splendor [glorious]; glorious
बलवान्balavānmighty; mighty
अपकारिणम्apakāriṇamthe wrongdoer [assailant]; the assailant
तस्मिन्tasmin[when] he [Abhimanyu]; [when] he
द्रोणःdroṇaḥDrona; Drona
बाणशतम्bāṇaśatama hundred arrows; a hundred arrows
पुत्रगृद्धीputragṛddhīloving his son [anxious for his son]; anxious for his son
न्यपातयत्nyapātayatpoured down [let fall]; poured down
अश्वत्थामाaśvatthāmāAshvatthaman; Ashvatthaman
तथाtathālikewise [also]; also
अष्टौaṣṭaueight [arrows]; eight
चcaand; —
परीप्सन्parīpsanwishing to protect [shield]; trying to shield
पितरम्pitaramfather; father
रणेraṇein battle; in battle
Traducción
He, glorious and mighty, struck back the son of Drona, the assailant, with seventy-three straight-flying, gold-feathered arrows. While he pressed him, Drona, anxious for his son, poured down a hundred arrows on Abhimanyu, and Ashvatthaman too shot eight -- trying to shield his father in battle.
Versión
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Drona, ‘anxious for his son,’ pours down a hundred arrows to shield Ashvatthaman; and the son, in turn, fights ‘trying to shield his father.’ Paternal and filial love -- sacred in themselves -- are here jointly turned against the youth. A bitter irony: the very feelings that move Arjuna for Abhimanyu's sake move Drona and his son for one another -- but on the ruinous side. The verse teaches that the love of father and son is equally sacred, on whichever side it appears; that these noblest bonds, in an unrighteous war, are turned into instruments of wrongdoing; and that the tradition, showing the mutual defense of Drona and Ashvatthaman against a lone youth, lays bare a tragedy: those who out of love guard one another together destroy another's child, one just as beloved by his own father.