Shloka 1
संजय कहते हैं--महाराज! जिस समय वह भयंकर घमासान युद्ध चल रहा था, उसी समय धृष्टट्युम्नने द्रोणाचार्यपर चढ़ाई की
sañjaya uvāca—mahārāja! yasmin samaye sa bhayaṅkaraḥ ghamāsāna-yuddhaḥ pravartamāna āsīt, tasminn eva samaye dhṛṣṭadyumno droṇācārye prati āruroha (abhyapatat).
Sanjaya said: “O King, while that dreadful, all-consuming battle was raging, at that very moment Dhrishtadyumna launched an assault against Acharya Drona.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a decisive wartime confrontation: even revered figures like a teacher (Drona) become targets when dharma is contested on the battlefield, highlighting the harsh ethical tension between personal reverence and kshatriya duty in total war.
During an intense phase of the Kurukshetra battle, Dhrishtadyumna advances directly to attack Dronacharya, as reported by Sanjaya to King Dhritarashtra.