Mahabharata 7.194.32 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 194, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

स महास्त्रैर्महाराज द्रोणमाच्छादयदू रणे । निहत्य सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि भारद्वाजस्य पार्षत:

Transliteration

sa mahāstrair mahārāja droṇam ācchādayad raṇe | nihatya sarvāṇy astrāṇi bhāradvājasya pārṣataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: Oh Rey, en el campo de batalla el hijo de Pṛṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna), tras abatir y neutralizar todas las armas del hijo de Bhāradvāja (Droṇa), lo anegó luego con sus propios y poderosos proyectiles celestiales. La escena subraya la sombría ética de la guerra: el dominio y el contra-dominio de las armas deciden el destino, aun cuando el adversario sea un maestro venerado; y el conflicto obliga a los guerreros a dejar de lado la reverencia personal para cumplir su juramento, su deber y su propósito estratégico.

Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महास्त्रैः: with great weapons/missiles
• महास्त्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आच्छादयत्: covered, enveloped
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-छद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• निहत्य: having slain/destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अस्त्राणि: weapons/missiles
• अस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भारद्वाजस्य: of Bharadvaja (i.e., Drona)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पार्षतः: the son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पार्षतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇa
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)
• Bhāradvāja

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a righteous-war framework, duty and strategic necessity can compel a warrior to confront revered figures; the episode highlights the harsh moral tension between personal reverence (for a teacher) and the kṣatriya obligation to pursue one’s pledged objective in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛṣṭadyumna counters and nullifies Droṇa’s deployed weapons and then blankets Droṇa with a superior barrage of powerful astras, as Sañjaya reports the escalating duel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.