Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यत्र यत्र तु पाण्डूनां द्रोणो द्रावयते चमूम्‌

Transliteration

yatra yatra tu pāṇḍūnāṃ droṇo drāvayate camūm

Translation

Dhṛṣṭadyumna said: “Wherever Droṇa drives the Pāṇḍavas’ army into flight, there—at each such point—lies the urgent task before us.” The line underscores the moral pressure of war-leadership: to protect one’s forces and respond swiftly to a superior commander’s assaults, even amid the chaos of a righteous but devastating conflict.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• यत्र: where (wherever)
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: indeclinable particle

• पाण्डूनाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डूनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• द्रोणः: Droṇa
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• द्रावयते: drives away/puts to flight
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (प्रेरणार्थे caus. द्रावय-)
• Form: present, 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada (causative)

• चमूम्: the army
• चमूम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇa
• Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)
• camū (army/host)