Shloka 27

Droṇotpattiḥ and Dhanurveda-Prāpti

Origin of Droṇa and Acquisition of Martial Science

Devanagari script

अभाग्यया मया नून॑ वियुक्ता: सहचारिण: । तेन मे विप्रयोगो5यमुपपन्नस्त्वया सह

Transliteration

abhāgyayā mayā nūnaṁ viyuktāḥ sahacāriṇaḥ | tena me viprayogo 'yam upapannas tvayā saha ||

Translation

« Assurément, par ma propre infortune, bien des compagnons de vie ont dû être séparés de leurs époux. Aussi est-il juste que cette séparation m’échoie à présent, moi aussi — cette rupture d’avec toi. »

Word by Word

• अभाग्यया: by (me) unfortunate
• अभाग्यया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• नूनम्: surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• वियुक्ताः: separated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-युज् (धातु) → वियुक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहचारिणः: companions
• सहचारिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• विप्रयोगः: separation
• विप्रयोगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपपन्नः: has occurred / has come about
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-√पद् (धातु) → उपपन्न (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: with/by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames personal suffering (separation) as a morally intelligible consequence of one’s own prior actions or disposition—an ethic of self-accountability aligned with karmic causality, expressed through remorse rather than accusation.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker laments an impending or present parting, attributing it to her own ill fortune and implied past wrongdoing—suggesting she may have caused separations among other companions before, and now experiences a similar separation with the addressed person.