महाभारत · 7.51.3–4
॥
देवनागरी
स वार्यमाणो रथिभी रक्षितेन मया तथा ॥
अस्मान् अपि जघानाशु पीडयन् निशितैः शरैः ॥
ते पीड्यमाना द्रोणेन द्रोणानीकं न शक्नुमः ॥
प्रतिवीक्षितुम् अप्य् आजौ भेत्तुं तत् कुत एव तु ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
sa vāryamāṇo rathibhī rakṣitena mayā tathā ||
asmān api jaghānāśu pīḍayan niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
te pīḍyamānā droṇena droṇānīkaṃ na śaknumaḥ ||
prativīkṣitum apy ājau bhettuṃ tat kuta eva tu ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
सः वार्यमाणः रथिभिःsaḥ vāryamāṇaḥ rathibhiḥhe, held back by the chariot-warriors; he, held back by the warriors
रक्षितेन मया तथाrakṣitena mayā tathāand by the array guarded by me; and guarded by me
अस्मान् अपि जघान आशुasmān api jaghāna āśustruck at us too, swiftly; and struck at us in an instant
पीडयन् निशितैः शरैःpīḍayan niśitaiḥ śaraiḥafflicting us with sharp arrows; wounding us with sharp arrows
ते पीड्यमानाः द्रोणेनte pīḍyamānāḥ droṇenawe, pressed hard by Drona; we, pressed hard by Drona
द्रोणानीकम् न शक्नुमःdroṇānīkam na śaknumaḥcould not [even face]; could not even face
प्रतिवीक्षितुम् अपि आजौprativīkṣitum api ājauDrona's army, even to look upon it in battle; and to look upon it in battle
भेत्तुम्bhettumbreak through [pierce]; pierce
तत् कुतः एव तुtat kutaḥ eva tulet alone [how much less]; how much less then
अनुवाद
"He, held back by the chariot-warriors and by the array guarded by me, struck at us too in an instant, wounding us with sharp arrows. We, pressed hard by Drona, could not even look upon his army in battle — let alone break through it!"
संस्करण
ca5cb9aa078c · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:36:52 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Yudhishthira frankly admits their helplessness: "na śaknumaḥ prativīkṣitum api… bhettuṃ tat kutaḥ" — they could not even look upon Drona's formation, let alone break it. This is not an excuse but a truth that prepares the ground for the heavy word to come: this is why the boy had to be sent. It is telling that the king humbles himself, not concealing that the teacher's might surpassed them all. The verse teaches that an honest admission of one's own weakness is the beginning of a righteous answer: only by naming the trouble as it truly is can one understand at what cost it was met.