Shloka 37
ते शरैरग्निसंकाशैस्तोमरैश्व महाधनै: । शस्त्रैश्न विविध राजन् द्रोणममेकमवाकिरन्,राजन! उन्होंने अग्निके समान तेजस्वी बाणों, बहुमूल्य तोमरों तथा नाना प्रकारके शस्त्रोंकी वर्षा करके अकेले द्रोणाचार्यको ढक दिया
te śarair agnisaṅkāśais tomaraiś ca mahādhanaiḥ | śastraiś ca vividhair rājan droṇam ekam avākiran ||
Sañjaya said: O King, they showered Drona—standing alone—with arrows blazing like fire, with costly javelins, and with many kinds of weapons, as though to smother him beneath a storm of steel. The scene underscores the war’s ruthless intensity: even a revered teacher is treated as a solitary target amid collective fury, where prowess and duty collide with the erosion of restraint.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war can eclipse customary reverence and restraint: even an honored teacher becomes merely a combatant to be overwhelmed. It invites reflection on dharma under pressure—how duty and victory-seeking can harden into indiscriminate violence.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that multiple warriors jointly unleash a barrage of fire-bright arrows, costly javelins, and assorted weapons, effectively covering Drona, who is described as standing alone amid the onslaught.