स केकयानां प्रवरांश् च पञ्च; पाञ्चालराजं च शरैः प्रमृद्य ॥
युधिष्ठिरानीकम् अदीनयोधी; द्रोणो ऽभ्ययात् कार्मुकबाणपाणिः ॥
तं भीमसेनश् च धनंजयश् च; शिनेश् च नप्ता द्रुपदात्मजश् च ॥
शैब्यात्मजः काशिपतिः शिबिश् च; हृष्टा नदन्तो व्यकिरञ् शरौघैः ॥
sa kekayānāṃ pravarāṃś ca pañca; pāñcālarājaṃ ca śaraiḥ pramṛdya ||
yudhiṣṭhirānīkam adīnayodhī; droṇo 'bhyayāt kārmukabāṇapāṇiḥ ||
taṃ bhīmasenaś ca dhanaṃjayaś ca; śineś ca naptā drupadātmajaś ca ||
śaibyātmajaḥ kāśipatiḥ śibiś ca; hṛṣṭā nadanto vyakirañ śaraughaiḥ ||
Having torn apart with arrows the five best of the Kekayas and the king of Panchala [Drupada], the fearless warrior Drona, bow and arrow in hand, fell upon the army of Yudhishthira. Him, in turn, Bhimasena and Dhananjaya [Arjuna], the grandson of Shini [Satyaki], the son of Drupada [Dhrishtadyumna], the son of Shaibya, the king of Kashi, and Shibi, elated, raising a war cry, showered with streams of arrows.
70fed4cc49a2 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 2:46:26 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Drona, having torn apart many, falls upon Yudhishthira himself — and at once the foremost heroes rise like a wall around the king of righteousness: a host of defenders closes ranks around the guardian of dharma. Here is an image of how truth gathers its champions around itself, while untruth leaves one alone. It is significant that the attacker is one, while the defenders are many: the destroyer's strength is great, but he stands alone, while truth has the unity of many. The verse teaches that in the hour of danger the faithful close ranks around the righteous; that the invincibility of a single destroyer meets the resistance of a united multitude; and that the solitude of one who attacks dharma, however mighty he may be, is a foretoken of his final defeat.