न द्रोणः सह सैन्येन कृतवर्मा च संयुगे ॥
समासादयितुं शक्तो न च मां धर्षयिष्यति ॥
धृष्टद्युम्नश् च समरे द्रोणं क्रुद्धं परंतपः ॥
वारयिष्यति विक्रम्य वेलेव मकरालयम् ॥
यत्र स्थास्यति संग्रामे पार्षतः परवीरहा ॥
न द्रोणसैन्यं बलवत् क्रामेत् तत्र कथं चन ॥
na droṇaḥ saha sainyena kṛtavarmā ca saṃyuge ||
samāsādayituṃ śakto na ca māṃ dharṣayiṣyati ||
dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca samare droṇaṃ kruddhaṃ paraṃtapaḥ ||
vārayiṣyati vikramya veleva makarālayam ||
yatra sthāsyati saṃgrāme pārṣataḥ paravīrahā ||
na droṇasainyaṃ balavat krāmet tatra kathaṃ cana ||
Neither Drona with his army nor Kritavarman in battle are able to reach me, nor will they overpower me. And Dhrishtadyumna, scorcher of foes, will hold back the enraged Drona in battle, charging forward as the shore holds back the ocean. Wherever the son of Prishata, slayer of enemy champions, takes his stand in the fight, there Drona's mighty army will never advance.
afe1da0f1faa · publicado 19 jul 2026, 16:02:23 UTC
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Dhrishtadyumna will hold Drona back, "velā iva makarālayam", as the shore holds back the ocean: calm firmness withstands fury. It is telling that even the fiercest onslaught has a limit set for it — a shore that does not yield. The verse teaches that fury is met not by matching fury but by unshakable steadfastness: as the shore takes the ocean's blows and stays in place, so the one firm in spirit checks an enemy's storm not through ferocity but through immovability.