Shloka 45
Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)
धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज द्रोणं विद्ध्वा त्रिभि: शरै:
dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja droṇaṃ viddhvā tribhiḥ śaraiḥ
قال سانجيا: أيها الملك، إن دْهْرِشْتَديومْنَةَ، بعدما أصاب دْرونا بثلاثة سهام، شدّد الهجوم—وهو مشهد يبرز اندفاع المعركة الكئيب، حيث يُعامَل حتى المعلّم الأجلّ كمقاتلٍ متى ما جرى تجاوز حدود الحرب.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh ethical reality of war: once dharma is reframed as battlefield duty, even a venerable teacher like Droṇa is engaged without hesitation. It points to the tragic erosion of personal reverence under the demands of kṣatriya-dharma and the inexorable logic of conflict.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Dhr̥ṣṭadyumna has hit Droṇa with three arrows, marking a forceful moment in the ongoing combat between the Pāṇḍava commander and the Kaurava preceptor.