Shloka 48

Droṇavadha-saṃniveśaḥ — The Convergence Toward Droṇa’s Fall

Book 7, Chapter 164

Devanagari script

यतते हि सदा द्रोणो ग्रहणे तव संयुगे । नानुरूपमहं मन्ये युद्धमस्य त्वयवा सह,क्योंकि द्रोणाचार्य युद्धस्थलमें सदा तुम्हें कैद करनेके प्रयत्नमें रहते हैं; अतः तुम्हारे साथ इनका युद्ध होना मैं उचित नहीं मानता

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yatate hi sadā droṇo grahaṇe tava saṃyuge |

nānurūpam ahaṃ manye yuddham asya tvayā vā saha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Droṇa is always striving, in the midst of battle, to seize you. Therefore I do not judge it fitting or proper that you should engage in combat with him.”

Word by Word

यततेstrives, makes effort

हिindeed, for

सदाalways

द्रोणःDrona

ग्रहणेin (the act of) seizing/capturing

तवof you, your

संयुगेin battle

नnot

अनुरूपम्proper, fitting

अहम्I

मन्येI think, I consider

युद्धम्battle, fighting

अस्यof him/this (i.e., of Drona)

त्वयाby/with you

वाor

सहtogether with

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

you (addressed person in the narrative)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes