Mahabharata 7.126.6 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 126, Shloka 6
Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)
न सन्ति तस्मात् पुत्रा मे यथा संजय भाषसे । एको वै बहुला: सेना: प्रामृदूनत् सत्यविक्रम:
na santi tasmāt putrā me yathā sañjaya bhāṣase | eko vai bahulāḥ senāḥ prāmṛdūnat satyavikramaḥ, sañjaya |
Por tanto, Sañjaya, según me informas, mis hijos ya no pueden seguir con vida. Si un solo guerrero—Sātyaki, célebre por su valor verdadero—ha reducido a polvo mis numerosas divisiones, entonces debo aceptar que mis hijos han sido abatidos.
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The verse highlights the brutal logic of war and the moral weight of choices: when a ruler’s cause collapses and his forces are routed, he must face the likely loss of those he sent into battle. It underscores how adharma-driven conflict returns as personal grief and irreversible consequence.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing Sañjaya’s report, infers that his sons are probably dead. He reasons that if Sātyaki alone has shattered many Kaurava formations, then the Kaurava leaders—especially his sons—could not have survived the onslaught.
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