Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यत्र यत्र तु पाण्डूनां द्रोणो द्रावयते चमूम्‌

Transliteration

yatra yatra tu pāṇḍūnāṃ droṇo drāvayate camūm

Translation

Dṛṣṭadyumna dit : «Partout où Droṇa met en déroute l’armée des Pāṇḍava, c’est là, à chaque fois, que se tient devant nous la tâche pressante.»

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• यत्र: where (wherever)
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: indeclinable particle

• पाण्डूनाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डूनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• द्रोणः: Droṇa
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• द्रावयते: drives away/puts to flight
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (प्रेरणार्थे caus. द्रावय-)
• Form: present, 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada (causative)

• चमूम्: the army
• चमूम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇa
• Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)
• camū (army/host)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights battlefield responsibility: when a powerful adversary causes one’s forces to break, a leader must recognize the critical points of collapse and respond decisively to protect the army and uphold the cause.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛṣṭadyumna observes that Droṇa is repeatedly routing the Pāṇḍava host in various places on the field, implying the need to track Droṇa’s movements and counter him wherever he strikes.