Shloka 31
भारत! उसे चलाकर हर्षमें भरे हुए बलवान युधिष्ठिरने बड़े जोरसे सिंहनाद किया। उन्होंने उस सिंहनादसे सम्पूर्ण भूतोंमें भय-सा उत्पन्न कर दिया ।। शक्ति समुद्यतां दृष्टवा धर्मराजेन संयुगे । स्वस्ति द्रोणाय सहसा सर्वभूतान्यथाब्रुवन्,युद्धस्थलमें धर्मराजके द्वारा उठायी हुई उस शक्तिको देखकर समस्त प्राणी सहसा बोल उठे--'द्रोणाय स्वस्ति (ट्रोणाचार्यका कल्याण हो)”
śaktiṃ samudyatāṃ dṛṣṭvā dharmarājena saṃyuge | svasti droṇāya sahasā sarvabhūtāny athābruvan ||
O Bhārata! Mighty Yudhiṣṭhira, filled with exultation, whirled the Śakti and with great force uttered a lion-roar, as though he cast fear into all beings. Seeing that Śakti raised in battle by Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), all creatures suddenly cried out together: “May Droṇa be safe; may good befall Droṇācārya.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid rightful warfare, the epic preserves the ethical complexity of honoring a guru and elder. The cry “svasti droṇāya” highlights that reverence and compassion can persist alongside duty, revealing the Mahābhārata’s insistence that dharma in war is never morally simple.
Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) raises a powerful spear-weapon in battle. The sight alarms the world of beings, who immediately exclaim a benediction for Droṇa’s safety—signaling both the fear inspired by the weapon and Droṇa’s stature as a revered teacher even to opponents.