Mahabharata 7.81.59 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 81, Shloka 59
Yudhiṣṭhira–Droṇa Saṃgrāma
Engagement and Countermeasures
हन्त्रे गोप्ज्रे त्रिनेत्राय व्याधाय वसुरेतसे । अचिन्त्यायाम्बिकाभत्रे सर्वदेवस्तुताय च
sañjaya uvāca | hantre goptre trinetrāya vyādhāya vasuretase | acintyāyāmbikābhartre sarvadevastutāya ca ||
સંજય બોલ્યો—સંહારક અને રક્ષક, ત્રિનેત્રધારી, વ્યાધ-સ્વરૂપ, હિરણ્યરેતા (અગ્નિતેજ) ધરાવનાર, અચિંત્ય, અંબિકાપતિ અને સર્વ દેવોથી સ્તુત એવા ભગવાન શિવને પુનઃપુનઃ નમસ્કાર.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Śiva as the unity of opposites—destroyer and protector—implying that righteous destruction (the removal of adharma) is inseparable from protection of the cosmic order. In a war setting, it ethically reframes violence: force is legitimate only when it serves dharma and curbs evil.
Sañjaya recites a brief Śiva-stuti (praise hymn), invoking Śiva’s epithets—three-eyed, hunter of sin, consort of Ambikā, praised by the gods—amid the Drona Parva’s battlefield events, to mark divine oversight and to seek protection and right outcome in the unfolding conflict.
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