Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पज्चभि भ्रीतिभि: पार्थद्रोण: परिवृतो बभौ | पञ्चतारेण संयुक्त: सावित्रेणेव चन्द्रमा:,इधर कुन्तीकुमार पाँचों भाइयोंसे घिरे हुए आचार्य द्रोण पाँच तारोंवाले हस्त नक्षत्रसे संयुक्त चन्द्रमाकी भाँति शोभा पा रहे थे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | pañcabhir bhrātṛbhiḥ Pārthadroṇaḥ parivṛto babhau | pañcatāreṇa saṃyuktaḥ sāvitreṇeva candramāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Surrounded by the five brothers, Droṇa—teacher of the sons of Pṛthā—shone forth, like the moon joined with the five-star asterism Hasta under the presiding Savitṛ. The image underscores how the presence of disciplined, duty-bound disciples can magnify a teacher’s dignity and radiance, reflecting the ethical ideal of reverence to one’s preceptor and solidarity among brothers.

Word by Word

पञ्चभिःwith five

भ्रातृभिःbrothers

पार्थःthe son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)

द्रोणःDroṇa

परिवृतःsurrounded

बभौshone; appeared splendid

पञ्चतारेणwith the five-star(-bearing) (asterism)

संयुक्तःjoined; associated

सावित्रेणwith (the asterism) Sāvitra (Hasta)

इवlike; as

चन्द्रमाthe moon

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Droṇa

Pārtha (sons of Pṛthā/Kuntī; the five Pāṇḍava brothers)

Candramā (Moon)

Hasta nakṣatra (five-star asterism)

Savitṛ

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical ideal that a teacher’s honor and brilliance are enhanced by worthy, united disciples; it implicitly commends reverence to the guru and fraternal solidarity as supports of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes Droṇa appearing splendid while encircled by the five sons of Kuntī (the Pāṇḍavas), using an astronomical simile: the moon shining when associated with the five-star Hasta asterism under Savitṛ’s influence.