Shloka 4

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ८७: सात्यकेरनुयात्रा

Sātyaki’s resolve and departure to reach Arjuna

Devanagari script

कपिराजध्वजं संख्ये विधुन्वानं महद्‌ धनु: । दृष्टवा पुत्रपरिद्यूनं किमकुर्वत मामका:,जिनकी ध्वजामें कपिराज हनुमान्‌ विराजमान हैं, उन पुत्रवियोगसे व्यथित हुए अर्जुनको युद्धस्थलमें अपने विशाल धनुषकी टंकार करते देख मेरे पुत्रोंने क्या किया?

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | kapirājadhvajaṃ saṅkhye vidhunvānaṃ mahad dhanuḥ | dṛṣṭvā putraparidyūnaṃ kim akurvata māmakāḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Seeing in the thick of battle Arjuna—grief-stricken by the loss of his son—shaking his great bow and making it resound, and bearing the banner marked by the lord of monkeys (Hanumān), what did my sons do then? (He asks in anxious self-concern, measuring the moral and strategic peril of facing a warrior driven by righteous wrath and personal sorrow.)

Word by Word

कपिराजध्वजम्the one whose banner bears the monkey-king (Hanuman) (i.e., Arjuna)

संख्येin battle

विधुन्वानम्shaking, brandishing

महत्great, huge

धनुःbow

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

पुत्रपरिद्यूनम्distressed due to (loss of) his son

किम्what?

अकुर्वतdid

मामकाःmy people (my sons/side)

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Arjuna

Hanumān (Kapirāja on the banner)

Arjuna’s bow (implied: Gāṇḍīva)

Kauravas (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes