तद् दृष्ट्वा चरितं तस्य सौभद्रस्यामितौजसः ॥
समकम्पन्त सैन्यानि त्वदीयानि पुनः पुनः ॥
अथाब्रवीन् महाप्राज्ञो भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् ॥
हर्षेणोत्फुल्लनयनः कृपम् आभाष्य सत्वरम् ॥
घट्टयन्न् इव मर्माणि तव पुत्रस्य मारिष ॥
अभिमन्युं रणे दृष्ट्वा तदा रणविशारदम् ॥
tad dṛṣṭvā caritaṃ tasya saubhadrasyāmitaujasaḥ ||
samakampanta sainyāni tvadīyāni punaḥ punaḥ ||
athābravīn mahāprājño bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān ||
harṣeṇotphullanayanaḥ kṛpam ābhāṣya satvaram ||
ghaṭṭayann iva marmāṇi tava putrasya māriṣa ||
abhimanyuṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā tadā raṇaviśāradam ||
Seeing that feat of the immeasurably mighty son of Subhadra, your hosts trembled time after time. Then the greatly wise and valorous son of Bharadvaja, his eyes wide with delight, at once addressed Kripa — as if chafing the sore points of your son [Duryodhana], O worthy one — upon seeing Abhimanyu, skilled in battle.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Drona looks upon the enemy 'with eyes wide open from delight' — the pure joy of a master beholding perfect valor, even in a foe. Thus reveals itself the disinterestedness of a true connoisseur: the beauty of skill delights him above enmity. But that same praise 'chafes the sore points' of Duryodhana — for envy, praise of an enemy is pain. The verse teaches that a true connoisseur delights in mastery for its own sake, regardless of whose it is; that joy in perfection is the mark of a great and generous soul; and that the same praise, born of pure delight in one heart, strikes like a barb in an envious one — for to envy, any acknowledgment of another's worth is unbearable.