Shloka 24

Aśvatthāmā’s Lamentation, Vow of Retaliation, and the Manifestation of the Nārāyaṇāstra (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय १६६)

Devanagari script

द्रोणो हि बलवान युद्धे क्षिप्रहस्त: प्रतापवान्‌ । निर्जयेत्‌ त्रिदशान्‌ युद्धे किमु पार्थानू ससोमकान्‌,क्योंकि द्रोणाचार्य बलवान, प्रतापी और युद्धमें शीघ्रतापूर्वक हाथ चलानेवाले हैं। वे संग्राममें देवताओंको भी परास्त कर सकते हैं; फिर कुन्तीके पुत्रों और सोमकोंकी तो बात ही क्या है?

Transliteration

droṇo hi balavān yuddhe kṣiprahastaḥ pratāpavān | nirjayet tridaśān yuddhe kimu pārthān sa-somakān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Droṇa is indeed mighty in battle—swift of hand and radiant in prowess. He could conquer even the gods in war; how much more, then, the sons of Pṛthā together with the Somakas?”

Word by Word

द्रोणःDrona

हिindeed/for

बलवान्strong/mighty

युद्धेin battle

क्षिप्रहस्तःquick-handed

प्रतापवान्valiant/powerful

निर्जयेत्would conquer/should conquer

त्रिदशान्the gods (thirty-three)

युद्धेin battle

किमुhow much more/then what of

पार्थान्the sons of Pritha (Pandavas)

ससोमकान्together with the Somakas

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa (Dronācārya)

Tridaśas (Devas)

Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas / sons of Kuntī)

Somakas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes