Shloka 29

Devanagari script

गाहमानो मया द्रोणो दिव्येनास्त्रेण संयुगे

Transliteration

gāhamāno mayā droṇo divyenāstreṇa saṃyuge

Translation

Dṛṣṭadyumna dit : «Au plus fort du combat, je pressais Droṇa de toutes parts au moyen d’une arme divine.»

Word by Word

• गाहमानः: entering/pressing on (attacking)
• गाहमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गाह्
• Form: शानच् (वर्तमानकाले), कर्तरि, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दिव्येन: with a divine
• दिव्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अस्त्रेण: weapon/missile
• अस्त्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇa
• divya astra (celestial weapon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how warfare escalates when combatants resort to divya-astras (celestial weapons): prowess and duty are asserted, yet the ethical tension increases because extraordinary power can magnify destruction beyond ordinary limits.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dṛṣṭadyumna reports that he is engaging Droṇa fiercely on the battlefield and is using a divine weapon against him, emphasizing the intensity of their confrontation in the Drona Parva.