Shloka 1
द्रोणविक्रमदर्शनम् / The Display of Droṇa’s Onslaught and the Debate on Pāṇḍava Regrouping
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ६४ “लोक हैं।) पम्प बछ। आर: एकविशो< ध्याय: द्रोणाचार्यके द्वारा सत्यजित, शतानीक, दृढसेन, क्षेम, वसुदान तथा पांचालराजकुमार आदिका वध और पाण्डव- सेनाकी पराजय संजय उवाच ततो युधिष्छिरो द्रोणं दृष्टवाइन्तिकमुपागतम् । महता शरवर्षेण प्रत्यगृह्नादभीतवत्,इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि संशप्तकवधपर्वणि द्रोणयुद्धे एकविंशो5ध्याय: ।। २१ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत संशप्तकवधपर्वमें द्रोणाचार्यका युद्धविषयक इक्कीसवाँ अध्याय प्रा हुआ ॥/ २९ ॥। ऑपन--मा_जल बक। अकाल द्वाविशोडध्याय: द्रोणके युद्धके विषयमें दुर्योधन और कर्णका संवाद धृतराष्ट्र रवाच भारद्वाजेन भग्नेषु पाण्डवेषु महामृधे । पज्चालेषु च सर्वेषु कच्चिदन्यो5भ्यवर्तत
sañjaya uvāca | tato yudhiṣṭhiro droṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā antikam upāgatam | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa pratyagṛhṇād abhītavat ||
Sañjaya said: Then Yudhiṣṭhira, seeing Droṇa approach close, received him with a great shower of arrows, as though unafraid. In the ethical atmosphere of the war, the verse highlights a king’s resolve to meet a formidable teacher-warrior without yielding to fear, answering aggression with disciplined martial duty rather than panic.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds steadfastness in one’s duty under pressure: Yudhiṣṭhira does not collapse into fear before a superior and revered opponent, but responds with controlled martial action, embodying kṣatriya resolve amid ethical tension.
Droṇa advances close toward Yudhiṣṭhira in battle; Yudhiṣṭhira counters by unleashing a heavy volley of arrows, meeting the approach head-on rather than retreating.