Shloka 53
Kṛṣṇa-vīrya-kathana
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s appraisal of Vāsudeva’s deeds
क्षत्रंजय: क्षत्रदेव: क्षत्रवर्मा च मानद: । धृष्टद्युम्नात्मजा वीरा: के तान् द्रोणादवारयन्,क्षत्रंजय, क्षत्रदेव तथा दूसरोंको मान देनेवाले क्षत्रवर्मा--ये धृष्टद्युम्नके तीन वीर पुत्र हैं। उन्हें द्रोणके पास आनेसे किन वीरोंने रोका था?
kṣatraṃjayaḥ kṣatradevaḥ kṣatravarmā ca mānadaḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnātmajā vīrāḥ ke tān droṇād avārayan |
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—ক্ষত্রঞ্জয়, ক্ষত্রদেৱ আৰু মানদাতা ক্ষত্রবর্মা—এয়া ধৃষ্টদ্যুম্নৰ তিন বীৰ পুত্ৰ। তেওঁলোকক দ্ৰোণৰ ওচৰলৈ যাব নেদিবলৈ কোন কোন যোদ্ধাই বাধা দিছিল?
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in practice: valor is inseparable from disciplined resistance and strategic obstruction in battle. Even heroic lineage and personal honor (mānada) operate within the larger ethical frame of duty-bound warfare, where preventing an opponent from reaching a key commander is a legitimate martial responsibility.
Vaiśampāyana identifies three sons of Dhṛṣṭadyumna—Kṣatraṃjaya, Kṣatradeva, and Kṣatravarmā—and asks which warriors blocked them, stopping them from approaching Droṇa. The line functions as a transition into naming the defenders/obstructors in the ongoing battle episode.