Shloka 54

Devanagari script

एकाग्रमिव चासीच्च ज्योतिर्भि: पूरितं नभ: । समपद्यत चार्काभे भारद्वाजदिवाकरे,सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी द्रोणाचार्यरूपी दिवाकरके उदित होनेपर सारा आकाश तेजसे परिपूर्ण हो उस ज्योतिके साथ एकाग्र-सा हो रहा था

Transliteration

ekāgram iva cāsīc ca jyotirbhiḥ pūritaṃ nabhaḥ | samapadyata cārkābhe bhāradvāja-divākare ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Lorsque Droṇa, astre né de Bharadvāja et semblable au soleil, s’éleva, tout le ciel sembla rempli de radiance ; on eût dit que les cieux s’étaient rassemblés en un seul point, concentrés en une unique flambée éclatante.

Word by Word

एकाग्रम्single-pointed, concentrated

इवas if, like

चand

आसीत्was

चand

ज्योतिःभिःwith lights, by radiances

पूरितम्filled

नभःthe sky

समपद्यतbecame, came to be

चand

अर्काभेin/at (one) sun-like (in radiance)

भारद्वाजO Bharadvaja / Bharadvaja (lineage-name)

दिवाकरेin/at the sun; in the day-maker

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇācārya (Droṇa)

Bharadvāja

Sun (Arka/Divākara)

Sky/Heavens (Nabhas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary power can overwhelm the field of vision and attention—radiance becomes a metaphor for dominance. Ethically, it cautions that martial brilliance, while impressive, intensifies the war’s gravity and can eclipse sober discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Droṇa’s forceful emergence in battle. Droṇa is compared to the rising sun, and the sky is portrayed as filled with light, as though everything has converged into a single concentrated radiance.