Shloka 23

अक्षविजय-प्रसङ्गः

Escalation of Wagers and Shakuni’s Repeated Declarations of Victory

Devanagari script

तथा भीष्मेण द्रोणेन कर्णेन च कृपेण च । समियाय यथान्यायं द्रौणिना च विभु: सह,इसी प्रकार महाराज युधिष्ठिर, भीष्म, द्रोण, कर्ण, कृपाचार्य और अश्वत्थामाके साथ भी यथायोग्य मिले

Transliteration

tathā bhīṣmeṇa droṇena karṇena ca kṛpeṇa ca | samiyāya yathānyāyaṃ drauṇinā ca vibhuḥ saha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : De la même manière, le puissant roi alla à la rencontre de Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Karṇa et Kṛpa ; et aussi d’Aśvatthāmā, le fils de Droṇa, selon ce qui convenait—observant pour chacun le respect et les égards qui lui étaient dus.

Word by Word

तथाthus, likewise

भीष्मेणby/with Bhishma

द्रोणेनby/with Drona

कर्णेनby/with Karna

चand

कृपेणby/with Kripa

चand

समियायmet, came together

यथाas, according to

अन्यायम्impropriety, injustice

द्रौणिनाby/with Drona's son (Ashvatthaman)

चand

विभुःthe mighty one, the lord

सहtogether with

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīṣma

Droṇa

Karṇa

Kṛpācārya (Kṛpa)

Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi)

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 yathā-nyāya—acting according to what is proper. Even amid political tension, dharma is expressed through correct conduct: meeting elders and renowned warriors with due respect and appropriate protocol.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the king (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira) formally meets prominent figures—Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Karṇa, Kṛpa, and Aśvatthāmā—observing the courtesies and rank-appropriate manners expected in the royal assembly setting.