Shloka 50

Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ

Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response

Devanagari script

संयम्य तु ततो द्रोण: समवस्थाप्य चाहवे

Transliteration

saṁyamya tu tato droṇaḥ samavasthāpya cāhave

Translation

তেতিয়া দ্ৰোণে নিজৰ সেনাক সংযত কৰি স্থিৰ কৰি, বিধিমতে পুনৰ যুদ্ধৰ বাবে সাজি তুলিলে—কোলাহলৰ মাজতো শৃঙ্খলা আৰু ব্যৱস্থা পুনঃ প্ৰতিষ্ঠা কৰি।

Word by Word

• संयम्य: having restrained/controlled
• संयम्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-यम्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाले (absolutive)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समवस्थाप्य: having arranged/positioned (properly)
• समवस्थाप्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-स्था
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाले (absolutive)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• battle (āhava)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in violent and chaotic circumstances, leadership is shown through self-control and the restoration of order; restraint (saṁyama) precedes effective action, reflecting the ethical demand that power be governed by discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Droṇa, after a moment requiring control and regrouping, restrains and steadies his side and then re-establishes their battle formation, preparing them to continue the fight.