Shloka 26
Śaineya–Bhūriśravas: Genealogy, Svayaṃvara Contest, and the Maheśvara Boon
तत: शरशतेनैव युयुधानो महारथ: । अविध्यद ब्राह्माणं संख्ये हृष्टरूपो विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! उस युद्धस्थलमें महारथी सात्यकिने हर्षमें भरकर विप्रवर द्रोणाचार्यको सौ बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया
tataḥ śaraśatenaiva yuyudhāno mahārathaḥ | avidhyad brāhmaṇaṃ saṅkhye hṛṣṭarūpo viśāmpate prajānātha ||
Sañjaya dit : Alors, Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), grand guerrier de char, l’âme en liesse, frappa le brāhmane Droṇa au cœur de la mêlée de cent flèches, ô seigneur des peuples. La scène souligne la tension âpre de la guerre : même un maître vénéré et brāhmane, jadis autorité morale, est traité en combattant lorsqu’il se tient armé sur le champ; et la joie du guerrier montre comment la quête de victoire peut éclipser la révérence dans l’ardeur d’un conflit tenu pour juste.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical strain of dharma in war: social reverence (toward a Brāhmaṇa teacher like Droṇa) collides with kṣatriya obligation to neutralize an armed opponent. It also cautions that exhilaration in violence—“hṛṣṭarūpa”—can arise even in a cause deemed righteous, revealing the need for inner restraint and clarity of purpose.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna), a foremost warrior on the Pāṇḍava side, attacks Droṇa on the battlefield and wounds him with a hundred arrows, doing so with visible elation.