Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यादृशानि हि रूपाणि दृश्यन्ते5स्य महारणे । अद्य द्रोणं रणे क्रुद्धो घातयिष्यति पार्षत:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yādṛśāni hi rūpāṇi dṛśyante ’sya mahāraṇe |

adya droṇaṃ raṇe kruddho ghātayiṣyati pārṣataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Dreadful and portentous sights are being seen in this great battle. Today, the son of Pṛṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna), enraged in combat, will cause Droṇa to be slain.”

Word by Word

यादृशानिsuch (as), of what kind

हिindeed, for

रूपाणिforms, appearances

दृश्यन्तेare seen, appear

अस्यof this, of him

महा-रणेin the great battle

अद्यtoday, now

द्रोणम्Drona

रणेin battle

क्रुद्धःangry

घातयिष्यतिwill cause to be slain / will have killed

पार्षतःthe son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

mahāraṇa (the great battle of Kurukṣetra)

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 underscores the moral gravity and inevitability that can surround wartime actions: ominous signs and intense anger drive events toward a foreseen outcome, reminding readers that even great figures like Droṇa become subject to fate shaped by prior causes and present choices.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that terrifying signs are visible on the battlefield and foretells that Dhṛṣṭadyumna (called Pārṣata), burning with anger, will bring about Droṇa’s death in the fighting.