संजय उवाच
कर्णस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा दुर्योधनस् तदा ॥
सेनामध्यगतं द्रोणम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
वर्णश्रैष्ठ्यात् कुलोत्पत्त्या श्रुतेन वयसा धिया ॥
वीर्याद् दाक्ष्याद् अधृष्यत्वाद् अर्थज्ञानान् नयाज् जयात् ॥
तपसा च कृतज्ञत्वाद् वृद्धः सर्वगुणैर् अपि ॥
युक्तो भवत्समो गोप्ता राज्ञाम् अन्यो न विद्यते ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
karṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā duryodhanas tadā ||
senāmadhyagataṃ droṇam idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
varṇaśraiṣṭhyāt kulotpattyā śrutena vayasā dhiyā ||
vīryād dākṣyād adhṛṣyatvād arthajñānān nayāj jayāt ||
tapasā ca kṛtajñatvād vṛddhaḥ sarvaguṇair api ||
yukto bhavatsamo goptā rājñām anyo na vidyate ||
Having heard Karna's word, King Duryodhana then spoke this word to Drona, who stood in the midst of the army: 'In nobility of lineage and descent, in learning, age, wisdom, valor, skill, invincibility, knowledge of worldly affairs, wise policy, victoriousness, asceticism, and gratitude — wise with age, and endowed with every other virtue besides — no protector equal to you is to be found among kings.'
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Duryodhana enumerates Drona's virtues in a long list, crowning it — tellingly — with 'gratitude' and 'asceticism': even in the mouth of an ambitious man, true praise touches not strength alone but the fullness of virtues. Yet this praise is self-interested: he glorifies the teacher while seeking from him victory for his own unrighteous cause. Thus good words, born not of love for virtue but of need for it, become an instrument. The verse teaches that a man's true worth is composed of many gifts — lineage, knowledge, valor, austerity, gratitude; but that praise uttered for gain is not honor bestowed but flattery soliciting, and its worth lies in the purity of the heart that offers it.