Shloka 29

Droṇa-pātana-paripṛcchā (Inquiry into the Fall of Droṇa) | द्रोणपातनपरिपृच्छा

Devanagari script

एतानि चान्यानि च कौरवेन्द्र कर्माणि कृत्वा समरे महात्मा । प्रताप्य लोकानिव कालसूर्यो द्रोणो गत: स्वर्गमितो हि राजन्‌,राजन! कौरवेन्द्र! युद्धस्थलमें ये तथा और भी बहुत-से वीरोचित कर्म करके महात्मा द्रोणाचार्य प्रलयकालके सूर्यकी भाँति सम्पूर्ण लोकोंको तपाकर यहाँसे स्वर्गमें चले गये

Transliteration

etāni cānyāni ca kauravendra karmāṇi kṛtvā samare mahātmā | pratāpya lokān iva kālasūryo droṇo gataḥ svargam ito hi rājan ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O lord of the Kurus, after performing these and many other heroic deeds in the battle, the great-souled Droṇa—scorching the worlds like the sun at the time of dissolution—has departed from here to heaven, O King.

Word by Word

एतानिthese

चand

अन्यानिother

चand

कौरवेन्द्रO lord of the Kurus

कर्माणिdeeds

कृत्वाhaving done

समरेin battle

महात्माthe great-souled one

प्रताप्यhaving scorched/afflicted

लोकान्worlds/people

इवlike/as

कालसूर्यःthe sun at the time of dissolution

द्रोणःDrona

गतःgone

स्वर्गम्to heaven

इतःfrom here

हिindeed

राजन्O king

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by vocatives rājan/kauravendra)

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

Svarga (heaven)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes