ततः काञ्चनचित्राणां सजलाम्बुदनादिनाम् ॥
वृतः शतेन शूराणां रथानाम् अनिवर्तिनाम् ॥
पुत्रः पाञ्चालराजस्य धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथः ॥
द्रौणिम् इत्य् अब्रवीद् वाक्यं दृष्ट्वा योधान् निपातितान् ॥
आचार्यपुत्र दुर्बुद्धे किम् अन्यैर् निहतैस् तव ॥
समागच्छ मया सार्धं यदि शूरो ऽसि संयुगे ॥
अहं त्वां निहनिष्यामि तिष्ठेदानीं ममाग्रतः ॥
ततस् तम् आचार्यसुतं धृष्टद्युम्नः प्रतापवान् ॥
मर्मभिद्भिः शरैस् तीक्ष्णैर् जघान भरतर्षभ ॥
tataḥ kāñcanacitrāṇāṃ sajalāmbudanādinām ||
vṛtaḥ śatena śūrāṇāṃ rathānām anivartinām ||
putraḥ pāñcālarājasya dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ ||
drauṇim ity abravīd vākyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yodhān nipātitān ||
ācāryaputra durbuddhe kim anyair nihatais tava ||
samāgaccha mayā sārdhaṃ yadi śūro 'si saṃyuge ||
ahaṃ tvāṃ nihaniṣyāmi tiṣṭhedānīṃ mamāgrataḥ ||
tatas tam ācāryasutaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ pratāpavān ||
marmabhidbhiḥ śarais tīkṣṇair jaghāna bharatarṣabha ||
Then, amid warriors adorned with gold, rumbling like rain clouds, surrounded by a hundred brave men who did not retreat, the son of the king of Panchala, Dhrishtadyumna, the maharatha, spoke this word to Drauni upon seeing the fallen warriors: 'Son of the teacher, foolish one, what use to you are other slain? Come face me, if you are brave in the clash.' Then Dhrishtadyumna the valiant struck that son of the teacher with sharp arrows piercing the vitals, O bull among the Bharatas.
b8d73e3c705e · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:40:45 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Dhrishtadyumna challenges Ashvatthama to single combat: 'what use are others to you — come face me.' It is telling that the challenger is the future victim of the one he challenges: fate smiles at such boldness. The verse teaches that a challenge issued in pride may turn back upon the one who issued it; and one who calls an enemy to single combat cannot know whose hand will overtake whom in the hour appointed by fate.