Shloka 31

धृतराष्ट्र–दुर्योधन संवादः

Vāraṇāvata-vivāsana-nīti: Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Duryodhana’s Policy Dialogue

Devanagari script

जनमेजय उवाच कथं समभवद्‌ द्रोण: कथं चास्त्राण्यवाप्तवान्‌ | कथं चागात्‌ कुरून्‌ ब्रह्मान्‌ कस्य पुत्र: स वीर्यवान्‌,जनमेजयने पूछा--ब्रह्मन! द्रोणाचार्यकी उत्पत्ति कैसे हुई? उन्होंने किस प्रकार अस्त्र-विद्या प्राप्त की? वे कुरुदेशमें कैसे आये? तथा वे महापराक्रमी द्रोण किसके पुत्र थे?

Transliteration

janamejaya uvāca kathaṃ samabhavad droṇaḥ kathaṃ cāstrāṇy avāptavān | kathaṃ cāgāt kurūn brahman kasya putraḥ sa vīryavān ||

Translation

Janamejaya said: “How did Droṇa come into being? How did he obtain the science of weapons? How did he come to the Kurus, O Brahmin? And whose son was that mighty and valiant Droṇa?”

Word by Word

जनमेजयःJanamejaya

उवाचsaid

कथम्how

समभवत्came to be, happened

द्रोणःDrona

कथम्how

चand

अस्त्राणिweapons, missiles (divine weapons)

अवाप्तवान्obtained, acquired

कथम्how

चand

अगात्went, came

कुरून्the Kurus (to the Kuru land/people)

ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin (O sage)

कस्यof whom, whose

पुत्रःson

सःhe, that (person)

वीर्यवान्valiant, powerful

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Droṇa

Kuru(s)

Brahmin (narrator)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes