Shloka 473

Devanagari script

एतौ रणे समासाद्य समाश्चस्त: सुयोधन: । “पुरुषोत्तम! ये कर्ण और द्रोण ही हमारे दुःखोंके मूल कारण हैं। रणभूमिमें इन्हींका सहारा लेकर दुर्योधनका ढाढ़स बँँधा हुआ है

Transliteration

etau raṇe samāsādya samāścāstaḥ suyodhanaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Setelah berhadapan dengan kedua tokoh itu di medan perang, Suyodhana (Duryodhana) berdiri teguh. Dalam batinnya ia tahu bahwa Karṇa dan Droṇa adalah akar derita mereka; namun justru dengan bersandar pada keduanya di gelanggang perang, keberaniannya tetap terpelihara.

Word by Word

एतौthese two

रणेin battle

समासाद्यhaving approached/encountered

समाःequal

चand

स्थःstanding/placed

सुयोधनःSuyodhana (Duryodhana)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

Karṇa

Droṇa

raṇa (battlefield)

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 passage highlights a moral irony: reliance on powerful allies can sustain confidence in war, yet those very alliances—when rooted in adharma, pride, or compromised loyalties—become the source of deeper suffering. Strength without ethical clarity can prolong conflict rather than resolve it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, after coming face to face with two key figures in the fighting, remains steady. The accompanying sense is that Duryodhana’s courage is anchored in Karṇa and Droṇa, even while acknowledging that their roles and decisions have contributed to the Kauravas’ misery and the escalation of the war.