Shloka 7
अमोघशक्तिव्यंसनप्रश्नः — Why Karṇa’s Śakti Was Not Used on Arjuna
प्रविश्य स महेष्वास: पञठ्चालानरिमर्दन: । कथं नु पुरुषव्याप्र: पञ्चत्वमुपजग्मिवान्,शत्रुओंका मर्दन करनेवाले महाधनुर्धर पुरुषसिंह द्रोणाचार्य पांचालोंकी सेनामें प्रवेश करके कैसे मृत्युको प्राप्त हुए?
praviśya sa maheṣvāsaḥ pāñcālān arimardanaḥ | kathaṃ nu puruṣavyāghraḥ pañcatvam upajagmivān ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “That mighty archer, the crusher of foes—Drona, a tiger among men—having entered the Pañcāla forces, how indeed did he come to death? By what turn of fate and conduct did such a formidable warrior meet his end?”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral and existential inquiry: even the greatest warrior is subject to mortality, and the listener is invited to consider how outcomes in war arise from a convergence of personal conduct, strategic circumstance, and destiny—raising ethical reflection on violence and its consequences.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra questions Sañjaya about the death of Droṇa. He expresses astonishment that such a powerful archer, after entering the Pañcāla ranks and crushing enemies, could nevertheless be slain, and asks for the account of how it occurred.