धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
तस्मिन् प्रभग्ने सैन्याग्रे वध्यमाने किरीटिना ॥
के नु तत्र रणे वीराः प्रत्युदीयुर् धनंजयम् ॥
आहो स्विच् छकटव्यूहं प्रविष्टा मोघनिश्चयाः ॥
द्रोणम् आश्रित्य तिष्ठन्तः प्राकारम् अकुतोभयाः ॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
tasmin prabhagne sainyāgre vadhyamāne kirīṭinā ||
ke nu tatra raṇe vīrāḥ pratyudīyur dhanaṃjayam ||
āho svic chakaṭavyūhaṃ praviṣṭā moghaniścayāḥ ||
droṇam āśritya tiṣṭhantaḥ prākāram akutobhayāḥ ||
«When that front line was broken, being slaughtered by the Diademed One, what heroes there in the battle came out against Dhananjaya? Or did they, having entered the wagon-formation with a vain resolve, stand leaning on Drona [as] upon a wall, [thinking themselves] safe?»
acca516ad6d5 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:45:02 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
«Droṇam āśritya… prākāram akutobhayāḥ», ‘leaning on Drona as upon a wall, thinking themselves safe’ — Dhritarashtra himself foresees the futility of such hope: «moghaniścayāḥ», their resolve is vain. Reliance on a human wall, rather than on dharma, is deceptive. The verse teaches that shelter behind another's strength gives no true safety: whoever relies on Drona as a wall, rather than on truth, deceives himself; for a wall made of a man crumbles, while only faithfulness to duty and the protection of God shield — and the unrighteous have neither.