Shloka 29
एतानि चान्यानि च कौरवेन्द्र कर्माणि कृत्वा समरे महात्मा । प्रताप्य लोकानिव कालसूर्यो द्रोणो गत: स्वर्गमितो हि राजन्,राजन! कौरवेन्द्र! युद्धस्थलमें ये तथा और भी बहुत-से वीरोचित कर्म करके महात्मा द्रोणाचार्य प्रलयकालके सूर्यकी भाँति सम्पूर्ण लोकोंको तपाकर यहाँसे स्वर्गमें चले गये
etāni cānyāni ca kauravendra karmāṇi kṛtvā samare mahātmā | pratāpya lokān iva kālasūryo droṇo gataḥ svargam ito hi rājan ||
Sañjaya said: O lord of the Kurus, after performing these and many other heroic deeds in the battle, the great-souled Droṇa—scorching the worlds like the sun at the time of dissolution—has departed from here to heaven, O King.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames martial prowess under the shadow of Kāla (Time): even the mightiest warrior, blazing like an apocalyptic sun, ultimately departs. It underscores impermanence and the ethical gravity of war—heroic action may win fame, yet all power is transient and subject to Time.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Droṇa, after accomplishing many valorous feats on the battlefield, has left this world and attained svarga. The imagery likens Droṇa’s battlefield dominance to the scorching sun at cosmic dissolution.