इमान् किं पार्थिवान् सर्वान् घातयिष्यस्य् अनागसः ॥
त्वम् अस्य मूलं वैरस्य तस्माद् आसादयार्जुनम् ॥
एष ते मातुलः प्राज्ञः क्षत्रधर्मम् अनुव्रतः ॥
दूर्द्यूतदेवी गान्धारिः प्रयात्व् अर्जुनम् आहवे ॥
एषो ऽक्षकुशलो जिह्मो द्यूतकृत् कितवः शठः ॥
देविता निकृतिप्रज्ञो युधि जेष्यति पाण्डवान् ॥
त्वया कथितम् अत्यन्तं कर्णेन सह हृष्टवत् ॥
असकृच् छून्यवन् मोहाद् धृतराष्ट्रस्य शृण्वतः ॥
अहं च तात कर्णश् च भ्राता दुःशासनश् च मे ॥
पाण्डुपुत्रान् हनिष्यामः सहिताः समरे त्रयः ॥
इति ते कत्थमानस्य श्रुतं संसदि संसदि ॥
अनुतिष्ठ प्रतिज्ञां तां सत्यवाग् भव तैः सह ॥
एष ते पाण्डवः शत्रुर् अविषह्यो ऽग्रतः स्थितः ॥
क्षत्रधर्मम् अवेक्षस्व श्लाघ्यस् तव वधो जयात् ॥
दत्तं भुक्तम् अधीतं च प्राप्तम् ऐश्वर्यम् ईप्सितम् ॥
कृतकृत्यो ऽनृणश् चासि मा भैर् युध्यस्व पाण्डवम् ॥
इत्य् उक्त्वा समरे द्रोणो न्यवर्तत यतः परे ॥
द्वैधीकृत्य ततः सेनां युद्धं समभवत् तदा ॥
imān kiṃ pārthivān sarvān ghātayiṣyasy anāgasaḥ ||
tvam asya mūlaṃ vairasya tasmād āsādayārjunam ||
eṣa te mātulaḥ prājñaḥ kṣatradharmam anuvrataḥ ||
dūrdyūtadevī gāndhāriḥ prayātv arjunam āhave ||
eṣo 'kṣakuśalo jihmo dyūtakṛt kitavaḥ śaṭhaḥ ||
devitā nikṛtiprajño yudhi jeṣyati pāṇḍavān ||
tvayā kathitam atyantaṃ karṇena saha hṛṣṭavat ||
asakṛc chūnyavan mohād dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śṛṇvataḥ ||
ahaṃ ca tāta karṇaś ca bhrātā duḥśāsanaś ca me ||
pāṇḍuputrān haniṣyāmaḥ sahitāḥ samare trayaḥ ||
iti te katthamānasya śrutaṃ saṃsadi saṃsadi ||
anutiṣṭha pratijñāṃ tāṃ satyavāg bhava taiḥ saha ||
eṣa te pāṇḍavaḥ śatrur aviṣahyo 'grataḥ sthitaḥ ||
kṣatradharmam avekṣasva ślāghyas tava vadho jayāt ||
dattaṃ bhuktam adhītaṃ ca prāptam aiśvaryam īpsitam ||
kṛtakṛtyo 'nṛṇaś cāsi mā bhair yudhyasva pāṇḍavam ||
ity uktvā samare droṇo nyavartata yataḥ pare ||
dvaidhīkṛtya tataḥ senāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavat tadā ||
"For you too aspire to fight, for you are a kshatriya born of noble line; why then will you destroy all these guiltless kings? You are the root of this enmity -- therefore meet Arjuna yourself. Here is your wise uncle, faithful to the duty of a kshatriya, the son of Gandhara [Shakuni], who played dice dishonestly -- let him go against Arjuna into battle. This master of dice, deceitful, gamester, cheat, rogue, master of deceit -- will he conquer the Pandavas in battle? It was boasted by you beyond measure, together with Karna, with boasting, not once, in vain, out of blindness, in the hearing of Dhritarashtra as he listened: 'I, and Karna, and my brother Duhshasana shall slay the sons of Pandu, the three of us together, in battle.' Thus, of you, who had boasted, it was heard in assembly after assembly; fulfill then that vow, be true to your word along with them. Here he is, your enemy, the Pandava, unconquerable, standing before you; look to the duty of a kshatriya: your death in battle is more praiseworthy than victory. Given, enjoyed, studied, the desired dominion has been attained; you have accomplished what was yours, you are free of debt -- fear not, fight the Pandava." Having spoken thus, in battle Drona turned to where the enemies were; having divided the army in two thereafter, the battle then began.
717a33efa265 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:58:11 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Drona scourges Duryodhana without mercy: you are the root of the enmity, your counselor is a cheat, so fulfill your own boast yourself. It is telling what he says of death: "death in battle is more praiseworthy than victory" -- the highest law of the kshatriya. The verse teaches that for a warrior, honor is dearer than life, dearer even than victory: one who has discharged the debts of life must meet death on the battlefield without fear; and the teacher, sending his pupil into battle, grants him not comfort but a reminder of a valiant death as the crown of the path.