Shloka 54

Devanagari script

शरचापेन्धनो द्रोण: क्षत्रं दहहति तेजसा । धनुष-बाणरूपी ईंधनसे युक्त हो तेजसे अग्निके समान प्रज्वलित होनेवाले ये द्रोणाचार्य अपने प्रभावसे क्षत्रियोंकी दग्ध कर रहे हैं || ५३ ह ।। पुरा करोति निःशेषां पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्‌

Transliteration

śaracāpendhano droṇaḥ kṣatraṃ dahati tejasā | dhanuṣ-bāṇarūpīndhanase yukto tejasāgnisamaḥ prajvalito 'yaṃ droṇācāryaḥ svaprabhāvena kṣatriyān dagdhān karoti || purā karoti niḥśeṣāṃ pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm |

Translation

Bhīmasena said: “Droṇa, with arrows and bow as his fuel, burns the warrior host with the blaze of his prowess. Like a fire fed by bow and shafts, the preceptor—flaring with martial energy—scorches the Kṣatriyas by sheer might, and is making the Pāṇḍavas’ army utterly desolate.”

Word by Word

शरचापेन्धनःhaving arrows and bow as fuel

द्रोणःDrona

क्षत्रम्the Kshatriya host / warrior class

दहतिburns

तेजसाby (his) brilliance / energy

पुराformerly / earlier

करोतिmakes / does

निःशेषाम्entire, leaving nothing

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

अनीकिनीम्army

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

Pāṇḍavas

Kṣatriyas

bow (cāpa/dhanuṣ)

arrows (śara/bāṇa)

army (anīkinī)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes