Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ततो द्रोणो महाराज अभ्यद्रवत तं रणे । रक्षमाणस्तदा भीष्मं तव पुत्रेण चोदित:,महाराज! यह देखकर द्रोणाचार्य युद्धमें आपके पुत्रके कहनेसे भीष्मकी रक्षाके लिये शिखण्डीकी ओर दौड़े

Transliteration

tato droṇo mahārāja abhyadravat taṃ raṇe | rakṣamāṇas tadā bhīṣmaṃ tava putreṇa coditaḥ ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: ثم اندفع درونا، أيها الملك، نحوه في ساحة القتال—بدافعٍ من ابنك—قاصدًا في تلك اللحظة حماية بِهيشما.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

द्रोणःDrona

महाराजO great king

अभ्यद्रवत्ran towards, charged

तम्him

रणेin battle

रक्षमाणःprotecting

तदाat that time

भीष्मम्Bhishma

तवyour

पुत्रेणby (your) son

चोदितःurged, impelled

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Bhīṣma

Duryodhana

Śikhaṇḍin

Kurukṣetra (battlefield context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the tension between personal loyalty and ethical discernment in war: Droṇa acts from duty to protect a venerable leader (Bhīṣma) and from obedience to the prince’s command, illustrating how battlefield dharma often operates through roles—protector, commander, subordinate—rather than abstract ideals alone.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Bhīṣma is being pressed by the opposing side (with Śikhaṇḍin as a key threat), Droṇa rushes forward in the fight to confront that attacker, prompted by Duryodhana, with the immediate aim of shielding Bhīṣma.