संजय उवाच
पूर्वम् अस्मासु भग्नेषु फल्गुनेनामितौजसा ॥
द्रोणे च मोघसंकल्पे रक्षिते च युधिष्ठिरे ॥
सर्वे विध्वस्तकवचास् तावका युधि निर्जिताः ॥
रजस्वला भृशोद्विग्ना वीक्षमाणा दिशो दश ॥
अवहारं ततः कृत्वा भारद्वाजस्य संमते ॥
लब्धलक्ष्यैः परैर् दीना भृशावहसिता रणे ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
pūrvam asmāsu bhagneṣu phalgunenāmitaujasā ||
droṇe ca moghasaṃkalpe rakṣite ca yudhiṣṭhire ||
sarve vidhvastakavacās tāvakā yudhi nirjitāḥ ||
rajasvalā bhṛśodvignā vīkṣamāṇā diśo daśa ||
avahāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā bhāradvājasya saṃmate ||
labdhalakṣyaiḥ parair dīnā bhṛśāvahasitā raṇe ||
First, when we were broken by immeasurably mighty Phalguna, when Drona's purpose had become vain and Yudhishthira preserved — all your warriors, with shattered armor, overcome in the fight, dust-covered, in deep anxiety, glancing about at every quarter, having then made a retreat with Drona's permission, dejected, cruelly mocked by foes striking true in battle, [withdrew].
e88a63c85e43 · 发布于 2026年7月19日 15:22:09 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
Defeat cuts deepest not through wounds but through humiliation: the warriors retreat "cruelly mocked," covered in dust, glancing about in anxiety. Thus it is shown that the wound to honor is heavier than the wound to the body — what stings the defeated is not so much the injury as the mockery. It is telling that Drona's purpose is called "vain": for all his might, the goal was not reached. The verse teaches that defeat tests the spirit more sharply than weapons test the body; that mockery of the defeated doubles their bitterness; and that even the greatest skill is no guarantee of success when placed at the service of an unjust design — for Drona, unconquerable in battle, still departed with his purpose thwarted, mocked along with all the rest.