Shloka 35

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सात्यकि-अलम्बुसयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue; Account of Sātyaki vs Alambusa

Devanagari script

द्रोण: करिष्यते यत्नं सर्वथा मम वारणे

Transliteration

droṇaḥ kariṣyate yatnaṃ sarvathā mama vāraṇe

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Droṇa will certainly exert every effort to restrain me (to prevent my advance).”

Word by Word

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• करिष्यते: will do / will make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वथा: in every way / by all means
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वथा

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• वारणे: in stopping / in preventing
• वारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights resolute agency in conflict: a leader like Droṇa, bound by allegiance and role, will employ every means to fulfill his side’s objective. Ethically, it points to how duty and loyalty can drive total commitment even amid morally complex warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Droṇa is expected to make an all-out attempt to block or restrain the speaker’s movement or action on the battlefield, indicating a tactical obstruction by Droṇa as commander.