Shloka 55

Devanagari script

ततो द्रोणं महाराज पाज्चाल्य: क्रोधमूर्च्छित: । आजपघानोरसि क्ुद्धो नवत्या नतपर्वणाम्‌,महाराज! तत्पश्चात्‌ धृष्टद्युम्नने क्रोधसे अचेत होकर झुकी हुई गाँठवाले नब्बे बाणोंद्वारा द्रोणाचार्यकी छातीमें प्रहार किया

Transliteration

tato droṇaṁ mahārāja pāñcālyaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | ājaghānorasi kruddho navatyā nataparvaṇām ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, O King, the son of Pāñcāla (Dhṛṣṭadyumna), overcome by a swoon of wrath, angrily struck Droṇa upon the chest with ninety arrows whose joints were bent.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

द्रोणम्Drona (as object)

महाराजO great king

पाञ्चाल्यःthe Panchala prince (Dhrishtadyumna)

क्रोधमूर्च्छितःovercome/swooning with anger

अजघानstruck, smote

उरसिon the chest

क्रुद्धःangry

नवत्याwith ninety

नतपर्वणाम्of (arrows) having bent joints/knots

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

Pāñcālya (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

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 how krodha (anger) can overwhelm discernment and propel a warrior into extreme, relentless action; it implicitly contrasts the demands of battlefield duty with the ethical danger of acting from uncontrolled rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, inflamed with anger, shoots Droṇa in the chest with ninety arrows, marking a fierce exchange in the Drona Parva battle sequence.