Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एवमन्योन्यमुक्त्वा तौ कृत्वा सख्यमनुत्तमम्‌ । जम्मतुद्रोणपाञउ्चाल्यौ यथागतमरिंदमौ,शत्रुओंका दमन करनेवाले द्रोणाचार्य और द्रुपद एक दूसरेसे उपर्युक्त बातें कहकर परम उत्तम मैत्रीभाव स्थापित करके इच्छानुसार अपने-अपने स्थानको चले गये

Transliteration

evam anyonyam uktvā tau kṛtvā sakhyam anuttamam | jagmatu droṇapāñcālyau yathāgatam ariṃdamau ||

Translation

So sprachen sie zueinander und begründeten eine unvergleichliche Freundschaft. Dann gingen Droṇa und Drupada, der Fürst von Pāñcāla—beide Bezwinger der Feinde—auseinander, und jeder kehrte an seinen Ort zurück, wie er gekommen war.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

अन्योन्यम्mutually, to each other

उक्त्वाhaving said

तौthose two

कृत्वाhaving made/formed

सख्यम्friendship

अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, excellent

जग्मतुःwent

द्रोणपाञ्चाल्यौDrona and the Panchala (Drupada)

यथाas, according to

आगतम्as (they had) come; in the same manner as before

अरिंदमौsubduers of enemies

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Droṇa

Drupada (Pāñcālya)

Pāñcāla

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic power of truthful, mutual speech to establish binding friendship (sakhya). It also implicitly warns that such bonds carry ethical obligations, even when later circumstances may strain or overturn them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Droṇa and Drupada, after exchanging words and forming an excellent friendship, part ways and return to their respective homes—an early moment that sets the background for their later, famous enmity.