तेन मुक्ताः शरा घोरा विचेरुः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥
त्रासयन्तो महाराज पाण्डवेयस्य वाहिनीम् ॥
मध्यं दिनम् अनुप्राप्तो गभस्तिशतसंवृतः ॥
यथादृश्यत घर्मांशुस् तथा द्रोणो ऽप्य् अदृश्यत ॥
न चैनं पाण्डवेयानां कश् चिच् छक्नोति मारिष ॥
वीक्षितुं समरे क्रुद्धं महेन्द्रम् इव दानवाः ॥
tena muktāḥ śarā ghorā viceruḥ sarvatodiśam ||
trāsayanto mahārāja pāṇḍaveyasya vāhinīm ||
madhyaṃ dinam anuprāpto gabhastiśatasaṃvṛtaḥ ||
yathādṛśyata gharmāṃśus tathā droṇo 'py adṛśyata ||
na cainaṃ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ kaś cic chaknoti māriṣa ||
vīkṣituṃ samare kruddhaṃ mahendram iva dānavāḥ ||
The terrible arrows loosed by him [Drona] flew about in every direction, terrifying, O great king, the army of the son of Pandu [Yudhishthira]. As the scorching-rayed sun, having reached midday, appears surrounded by hundreds of rays, so too did Drona appear. And no one among the Pandavas, O worthy one, was able to gaze upon him, furious in battle, as the Danavas [cannot gaze] upon enraged great Indra.
996af42b15c3 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:00:03 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Drona at the noon of battle is likened to the midday sun, upon which one cannot lift one's gaze: his fearsome majesty blinds. But this very comparison holds another meaning too: the sun is brightest at noon, and after noon it inevitably begins its decline toward sunset. So the brilliance of Drona at the peak of his might already bears within it the sign of a coming descent. The verse teaches that the greatest power, having reached its zenith, stands closest to its own limit; that the fearsome radiance of an unrighteous triumph blinds, but is not eternal; and that the noon of every earthly greatness is the hour after which decline toward night begins.