Shloka 153

Devanagari script

अभ्यद्रवन्त संयत्ता भारद्वाजजिघांसव: । युधिष्ठिरकी यह आज्ञा पाकर सूंजय महारथी द्रोणाचार्यको मार डालनेकी अभिलाषासे पूर्ण सावधान हो उनपर टूट पड़े

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | abhyadravanta saṁyattā bhāradvāja-jighāṁsavaḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasya ājñāṁ prāpya dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ droṇācāryaṁ hantum icchan sarvathā sāvadhāno 'bhavat teṣu ca nipapāta |

Translation

भारद्वाजपुत्र द्रोणाचार्य का वध करने की इच्छा से युक्त वे सब योद्धा दौड़ पड़े। युधिष्ठिर की आज्ञा पाकर महारथी धृष्टद्युम्न द्रोणाचार्य को मार डालने की अभिलाषा से पूर्ण, अत्यन्त सावधान होकर उन पर टूट पड़ा।

Word by Word

• अभ्यद्रवन्त: they ran towards / charged
• अभ्यद्रवन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Plural, परस्मैपदम्

• संयत्ताः: prepared, ready
• संयत्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भारद्वाज: of Bharadvaja (i.e., Drona)
• भारद्वाज: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जिघांसवः: desiring to kill
• जिघांसवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिघांसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇācārya (Bhāradvāja’s son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral strain of warfare: obedience to a rightful king’s command and the demands of battlefield duty can drive one to target even a revered teacher. It invites reflection on how intention (resolve, vengeance) and authority (royal order) shape action, and how vigilance and responsibility intensify when the opponent is ethically significant.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that the warriors, determined to kill Droṇa, charge forward. Dhṛṣṭadyumna, after receiving Yudhiṣṭhira’s order, becomes fully alert and launches an attack on Droṇācārya, pressing the battle toward Droṇa’s downfall.