Shloka 306

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रियार्थ महाराज जयो दैवे प्रतिष्ठित: । “महाराज! आज युद्धस्थलमें आपका प्रिय करनेके लिये मैं सिंधुराजकी रक्षाके निमित्त पूरा प्रयत्न करूँगा। विजय तो दैवके अधीन है

Transliteration

tvatpriyārtha mahārāja jayo daive pratiṣṭhitaḥ |

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে— “মহারাজ! আপোনাৰ প্ৰিয়াৰ্থে আজি ৰণক্ষেত্ৰত সিন্ধুৰাজৰ ৰক্ষাৰ বাবে মই সম্পূৰ্ণ প্ৰচেষ্টা কৰিম; কিন্তু জয় দেৱাধীন।”

Word by Word

त्वत्of you/your

प्रियार्थम्for (your) pleasure; for what is dear (to you)

महाराजO great king

जयःvictory

दैवेin fate; in the divine (dispensation)

प्रतिष्ठितःis established/depends (upon)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied addressee)

Sindhurāja (Jayadratha, implied by the accompanying prose context)

Daiva (fate/providence)

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?

One should act with full effort out of duty and loyalty, yet recognize that the final outcome—victory or defeat—ultimately depends on daiva (providence/fate), not merely human will.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the war narrative of Droṇa Parva, Sañjaya reports a resolve made for the king’s satisfaction: to strive to protect the Sindhu king (Jayadratha), while acknowledging that the result of battle is governed by fate.