स मध्यं प्राप्य सैन्यानां सर्वाः प्रविचरन् दिशः ॥
त्राता ह्य् अभवद् अन्येषां न त्रातव्यः कथं चन ॥
शिखण्डिनं द्वादशभिर् विंशत्या चोत्तमौजसम् ॥
वसुदानं च भल्लेन प्रेषयद् यमसादनम् ॥
अशीत्या क्षत्रवर्माणं षड्विंशत्या सुदक्षिणम् ॥
क्षत्रदेवं तु भल्लेन रथनीडाद् अपाहरत् ॥
युधामन्युं चतुःषष्ट्या त्रिंशता चैव सात्यकिम् ॥
विद्ध्वा रुक्मरथस् तूर्णं युधिष्ठिरम् उपाद्रवत् ॥
sa madhyaṃ prāpya sainyānāṃ sarvāḥ pravicaran diśaḥ ||
trātā hy abhavad anyeṣāṃ na trātavyaḥ kathaṃ cana ||
śikhaṇḍinaṃ dvādaśabhir viṃśatyā cottamaujasam ||
vasudānaṃ ca bhallena preṣayad yamasādanam ||
aśītyā kṣatravarmāṇaṃ ṣaḍviṃśatyā sudakṣiṇam ||
kṣatradevaṃ tu bhallena rathanīḍād apāharat ||
yudhāmanyuṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā triṃśatā caiva sātyakim ||
viddhvā rukmarathas tūrṇaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram upādravat ||
He, having penetrated into the midst of the enemy hosts and ranging to every quarter, became a protector for his own, while himself needing protection in no way whatsoever. Shikhandin [he wounded] with twelve arrows, Uttamaujas with twenty, and Vasudana he sent to the realm of Yama with a bhalla-arrow. Kshatravarman [he wounded] with eighty, Sudakshina with twenty-six, and Kshatradeva he swept from the chariot platform with a bhalla-arrow. Having wounded Yudhamanyu with sixty-four arrows, and Satyaki with thirty, [the warrior] on the golden chariot at once charged at Yudhishthira.
256d2b4bf8fe · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:00:04 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The highest thing that can be said of a warrior is said of Drona here: 'a protector for his own, himself needing protection in no way.' He alone stands for all, seeking support in no one—such is the limit of self-sufficient might. The roll call of warriors he strikes down, one after another, displays this measure in action. And yet, beneath the admiration, the earlier bitterness persists: all this invincibility is given to an unrighteous cause, and so every name in the list is a loss to the side of dharma. It is telling that he who needs no protection himself rushes tirelessly toward the defenseless Yudhishthira. The verse teaches that to be a support to many while leaning on none is the summit of warrior strength; but that a power needing no one is the more dangerous the worse the end it serves; and that greatness deprived of a righteous direction turns into an unstoppable instrument of another's sin.