Shloka 5

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

Devanagari script

अश्रद्धेयमचिन्त्यं च कर्म तस्य महात्मन: । वृष्ण्यन्धकप्रवीरस्य श्रुत्वा मे व्यथितं मन:,वृष्णि और अंधक वंशके प्रमुख वीर महामना सात्यकिका वह कर्म अचिन्त्य (सम्भावनासे परे) है। उसपर सहसा विश्वास नहीं किया जा सकता। उसे सुनकर मेरा मन व्यथित हो उठा है

Transliteration

aśraddheyam acintyaṃ ca karma tasya mahātmanaḥ | vṛṣṇyandhakapravīrasya śrutvā me vyathitaṃ manaḥ ||

Translation

إن فعلَ ذلك العظيمِ النفس—المتقدّمِ بين الفْرِشْنِي والأنْدَهَكَة—لا يُصدَّق وهو فوق التصوّر. وما إن سمعته حتى اضطرب قلبي بالأسى.

Word by Word

अश्रद्धेयम्not to be readily believed

अचिन्त्यम्unthinkable, inconceivable

चand

कर्मdeed, act

तस्यof him

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

वृष्ण्यन्धकप्रवीरस्यof the foremost hero among the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

मेmy

व्यथितम्distressed, pained

मनःmind

Speaker

घतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sātyaki

Vṛṣṇi clan

Andhaka clan

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 highlights how certain wartime actions can appear so extreme that they strain belief and moral imagination; it foregrounds the ethical disquiet and emotional turmoil that arise when even renowned heroes commit or are reported to have committed extraordinary deeds.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker reacts to news about Sātyaki—celebrated as a leading warrior of the Vṛṣṇi-Andhaka line—saying his reported action is unbelievable and inconceivable, and that merely hearing it has caused deep distress.