ततो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रौणी राजा जयद्रथः ॥
विन्दानुविन्दाव् अवन्त्यौ शल्यश् चैनान् अवारयन् ॥
ते त्व् आर्यधर्मसंरब्धा दुर्निवार्या दुरासदाः ॥
शरार्ता न जुहुर् द्रोणं पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह ॥
ततो द्रोणो ऽभिसंक्रुद्धो विसृजञ् शतशः शरान् ॥
चेदिपाञ्चालपाण्डूनाम् अकरोत् कदनं महत् ॥
तस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषः शुश्रुवे दिक्षु मारिष ॥
वज्रसंघातसंकाशस् त्रासयन् पाण्डवान् बहून् ॥
tato droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo drauṇī rājā jayadrathaḥ ||
vindānuvindāv avantyau śalyaś cainān avārayan ||
te tv āryadharmasaṃrabdhā durnivāryā durāsadāḥ ||
śarārtā na juhur droṇaṃ pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha ||
tato droṇo 'bhisaṃkruddho visṛjañ śataśaḥ śarān ||
cedipāñcālapāṇḍūnām akarot kadanaṃ mahat ||
tasya jyātalanirghoṣaḥ śuśruve dikṣu māriṣa ||
vajrasaṃghātasaṃkāśas trāsayan pāṇḍavān bahūn ||
Then Drona, Kripa, Karna, the son of Drona, the king, Jayadratha, Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti, and Shalya held them back. But those, ablaze with noble duty, unyielding, unapproachable, wounded, would not let go of Drona — the Panchalas together with the Pandavas. Then Drona, enraged, loosing hundreds of arrows, wrought great slaughter among the Chedis, Panchalas, and Pandavas. The twang of his bowstring against the guard was heard in every direction, O worthy one, like the crash of the thunderbolt, striking terror into many of the Pandavas' warriors.
52fe8f4a4b32 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:22:09 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The Pandavas and Panchalas, 'ablaze with noble duty,' will not let go of Drona though wounded and hard-pressed: what holds them is not gain but duty (arya-dharma). Thus a strength higher than pain and fear shows itself — faithfulness to one's calling. The mere twang of Drona's bowstring, 'like the crash of the thunderbolt,' is heard everywhere and sows terror: mastery announces itself before the arrow does. The verse teaches that being ablaze with noble duty makes warriors unyielding, overcoming both wounds and onslaught; that faithfulness to one's calling is a strength fear cannot break; and that true mastery is fearsome in itself, for the very sound of its action — the twang of the bowstring — terrifies before it strikes, manifesting a superiority to which an echo alone suffices to instill dread.