Shloka 30

Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनेन समरे पृतना पाण्डवी रणे

Transliteration

duryodhanena samare pṛtanā pāṇḍavī raṇe

Translation

قال سَنْجَيَا: في المعركة، وسط صليل السلاح واصطكاكه، كانت جموعُ الباندَفَة تقاتل دُريودْهَنَ—صورةٌ للحرب حيث يدفع الكبرياءُ والطموحُ الرجالَ إلى تعريض جيوشٍ بأسرها للهلاك.

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनेन: by Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पृतना: army
• पृतना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृतना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवी: Pāṇḍava (belonging to the Pāṇḍavas)
• पाण्डवी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in the fight
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pāṇḍava army (pṛtanā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores how a ruler’s ambition and obstinacy can draw entire communities into violence; it invites reflection on ethical leadership and the heavy karmic cost of war-driven pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports the battlefield situation: Duryodhana is engaged in combat, and the Pāṇḍava forces are arrayed and fighting in the war.