Shloka 47

Devanagari script

इति तेषां प्रतिश्रुत्य मध्ये सर्वधनुष्मताम्‌ । आयाद्‌ द्रोणं सहानीक: पाज्चाल्य: परवीरहा,इस प्रकार उन सम्पूर्ण धनुर्धरोंके बीचमें प्रतिज्ञा करके शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाले पांचाल-राजकुमार धृष्टद्युम्न अपनी सेनाके साथ द्रोणाचार्यपर चढ़ आये

Transliteration

iti teṣāṃ pratiśrutya madhye sarvadhanuṣmatām | āyād droṇaṃ sahānīkaḥ pāñcālyaḥ paravīrahā ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Nachdem er so inmitten aller Bogenschützen sein Gelübde abgelegt hatte, rückte der Pāñcāla-Prinz—ein Töter feindlicher Helden—Dhṛṣṭadyumna mit seinen Truppen gegen Droṇācārya vor.“

Word by Word

इतिthus

तेषाम्of them

प्रतिश्रुत्यhaving promised

मध्येin the midst

सर्वधनुष्मताम्of all the bowmen

आयात्came/advanced

द्रोणम्Drona

सहtogether with

अनीकःwith (his) army/host

पाञ्चाल्यःthe Panchala prince

परवीरहाslayer of enemy heroes

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

Pāñcāla prince (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

army/troops (anīka)

archers/bowmen (dhanuṣmat)

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?

A vow made openly before one’s peers carries moral and social weight; in the kṣatriya ethos, public commitment (pratiśruti) compels action even when it leads into deadly conflict, highlighting how duty and reputation can intensify the ethical gravity of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

After declaring his resolve among the assembled archers, Dhṛṣṭadyumna—the Pāñcāla prince—moves forward with his forces to engage Droṇācārya directly, signaling a focused assault on a principal commander.