धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
साङ्गा वेदा यथान्यायं येनाधीता महात्मना ॥
यस्मिन् साक्षाद् धनुर्वेदो ह्रीनिषेधे प्रतिष्ठितः ॥
तस्मिन्न् आक्रुश्यति द्रोणे महर्षितनये तदा ॥
नीचात्मना नृशंसेन क्षुद्रेण गुरुघातिना ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
sāṅgā vedā yathānyāyaṃ yenādhītā mahātmanā ||
yasmin sākṣād dhanurvedo hrīniṣedhe pratiṣṭhitaḥ ||
tasminn ākruśyati droṇe maharṣitanaye tadā ||
nīcātmanā nṛśaṃsena kṣudreṇa gurughātinā ||
[Dhritarashtra said:] 'He by whom, as a great soul, the Vedas with their limbs were studied according to rule, in whom the science of the bow (dhanurveda) was visibly established within [the restraint of] modesty — when that one, Drona, son of the great sage, is reviled — then, [it is done by] one base of soul, cruel, contemptible, a killer of the guru, [Dhrishtadyumna].'
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Dhritarashtra paints Drona as the living embodiment of the Vedas and the martial science, crowned with modesty. It is telling that the blind king, whose own side brought about the teacher's death, now rages at his vilification — another's fault is always clearer than one's own. The verse teaches that greatness of knowledge joined with modesty deserves honor even from opponents; and to revile a fallen teacher is a particular baseness, for it strikes at one who can no longer answer.