Shloka 296

Devanagari script

अन्ये चान्वपतन द्रोणं त्यक्तात्मानो महौजस: । कुछ लोग अपने आयुधोंको उछालने और धनुषकी प्रत्यंचा खींचने लगे। दूसरे योद्धा अपनी भुजाओंको मसलने लगे तथा अन्य बहुत-से महातेजस्वी वीर अपने प्राणोंका मोह छोड़कर द्रोणाचार्यपर टूट पड़े

Transliteration

anye cānvapatan droṇaṃ tyaktātmāno mahaujasaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Auch andere—gewaltige Krieger—stürmten Droṇa nach und warfen jede Sorge um das eigene Leben von sich. Im Rausch der Schlacht schwangen manche ihre Waffen und spannten die Bogensehnen, andere stählten ihre Arme für den Kampf; viele strahlende Helden, die die Bindung an das Leben abgelegt hatten, drängten mit grimmigem Entschluss auf Droṇācārya ein.“

Word by Word

अन्येothers

चand

अन्वपतन्ran after / rushed upon

द्रोणम्Drona

त्यक्तात्मानःhaving abandoned self-preservation (reckless)

महौजसःof great vigor/might

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

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 battlefield ethic where warriors, driven by duty, loyalty, or desperation, may renounce personal safety to confront a formidable leader. It implicitly raises the moral tension between courageous self-offering and the tragic momentum of violence when resolve becomes recklessness.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Droṇa dominates the field, groups of powerful fighters surge toward him. Sañjaya describes their intense preparation and charge—some readying bows and weapons, others bracing their bodies—then collectively rushing at Droṇa with disregard for their own lives.