Shloka 37
उन सबने संग्राममें शोभा पानेवाले द्रोणाचार्यसे इस प्रकार कहा--'द्रोण! तुम हथियार नीचे डालकर यहाँ खड़े हुए हमलोगोंकी ओर देखो। अबतक तुमने अधर्मसे युद्ध किया है, अब तुम्हारी मृत्युका समय आ गया है, इसलिये अब फिर यह क्रूरतापूर्ण कर्म न करो ।। वेदवेदाड़्रविदुष: सत्यधर्मरतस्य ते । ब्राह्मणस्य विशेषेण तवैतन्नोपपद्यते,“तुम वेद और वेदांगोंके विद्वान हो, विशेषतः सत्य और धर्ममें तत्पर रहनेवाले ब्राह्मण हो, तुम्हारे लिये यह क्रूर कर्म शोभा नहीं देता
sañjaya uvāca |
te sarve saṅgrāme śobhā-prāptaye droṇācāryam itthaṁ ūcuḥ— “droṇa! tvam āyudhāni nikṣipya iha sthitān asmān paśya | yāvad adhunā tvayā adharmena yuddhaṁ kṛtam; idānīṁ tava mṛtyu-kāla āgataḥ, tasmād idānīṁ punar idaṁ krūra-karma mā kṛthāḥ ||
veda-vedāṅga-viduṣaḥ satya-dharma-ratasya te |
brāhmaṇasya viśeṣeṇa tava etan nopapadyate ||”
Sanjaya said: All of them addressed Drona—who sought glory on the battlefield—saying, “Drona, lay down your weapons and look at us standing here. Until now you have fought unrighteously; now the time of your death has come. Therefore do not commit this cruel deed again. You are learned in the Vedas and their auxiliaries; and as a Brahmin especially devoted to truth and dharma, such brutality does not befit you.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in war, conduct must align with dharma: learning, especially Brahminical commitment to truth and righteousness, is incompatible with deliberate cruelty and unrighteous fighting.
A group of warriors confront Drona on the battlefield, urging him to drop his weapons and stop fighting, accusing him of adharma and warning that his death is imminent; they appeal to his Vedic learning and Brahmin identity to shame him away from further cruelty.