Shloka 24
आचार्य-क्षमा, देśa–kāla-नīti, तथा भेद-दोषः
Teacher-Reconciliation, Timing-Policy, and the Fault of Factionalism
द्रोण उवाच यथा रथस्य निर्घोषो यथा मेघ उदीर्यते । कम्पते च यथा भूमिर्नैषोडन्य: सव्यसाचिन:
droṇa uvāca | yathā rathasya nirghoṣo yathā megha udīryate | kampate ca yathā bhūmir naiṣo 'nyaḥ savyasācinaḥ ||
Droṇa sagte: „Am donnernden Grollen dieses Wagens, am wolkengleichen Brausen, das mit ihm aufsteigt, und daran, wie die Erde bebt, ist klar: Der herannahende Krieger kann kein anderer sein als Arjuna, Savyasācin, der beidhändige Meister des Bogens.“
द्रोण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights discernment and the recognition of true capability: extraordinary signs (sound, vibration, presence) reveal an extraordinary agent. It also underscores the epic’s warrior-ethic—great skill carries an unmistakable ‘signature’ that even opponents acknowledge.
Hearing the overwhelming rumble and roar associated with an approaching chariot and sensing the ground tremble, Droṇa concludes that the warrior arriving must be Arjuna, famed as Savyasācin, and not anyone else.