अस्त्राणां च धनुर्वेदे ब्राह्मे वेदे च पारगम् ॥
तं सत्यधृतिम् आयान्तम् अरुणाः समुदावहन् ॥
यः स पाञ्चालसेनानीर् द्रोणम् अंशम् अकल्पयत् ॥
पारावतसवर्णाश्वा धृष्टद्युम्नम् उदावहन् ॥
तम् अन्वयात् सत्यधृतिः सौचित्तिर् युद्धदुर्मदः ॥
श्रेणिमान् वसुदानश् च पुत्रः काश्यस्य चाभिभो ॥
astrāṇāṃ ca dhanurvede brāhme vede ca pāragam ||
taṃ satyadhṛtim āyāntam aruṇāḥ samudāvahan ||
yaḥ sa pāñcālasenānīr droṇam aṃśam akalpayat ||
pārāvatasavarṇāśvā dhṛṣṭadyumnam udāvahan ||
tam anvayāt satyadhṛtiḥ saucittir yuddhadurmadaḥ ||
śreṇimān vasudānaś ca putraḥ kāśyasya cābhibho ||
The one who had fully mastered both the arts of war and dhanurveda and the sacred veda — Satyadhriti, as he rode up, was borne by crimson horses. And the one who, as commander of the Panchalas, determined for himself Drona as his share — Dhrishtadyumna was borne by horses dove-gray in color. Behind him followed Satyadhriti, Saucitti, furious in battle, Shreniman, and Vasudana, and the son of Kashya, O lord.
77e4609bb6f0 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:11:21 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Of Dhrishtadyumna something special is said: he "determined for himself Drona as his share" — he himself chose his teacher as his goal, the very man destined to fall by his hand. Here is an image of destiny moving to meet itself: born of the sacrificial fire for Drona's death, he consciously takes this upon himself as his allotted task. It is telling who stands beside him: Satyadhriti, "who had fully mastered both weapons and the vedas" — learning and valor together. The verse teaches that there are callings a person accepts as his portion, walking to meet what is destined; that the union of martial skill with knowledge of sacred learning shows the perfection of a kshatriya; and that Dhrishtadyumna, willingly taking Drona upon himself, embodies the resolve to fulfill what he was born for, without shrinking from a heavy lot.