Shloka 37

Devanagari script

स च्छाद्यमानस्तु तदा द्रोणपुत्रेण मारिष

Transliteration

sa cchādyamānas tu tadā droṇaputreṇa māriṣa

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “And at that time, O revered one, he was being covered over—overwhelmed and pressed hard—by Droṇa’s son.”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च्छाद्यमानः: being covered/overwhelmed
• च्छाद्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Passive, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• द्रोणपुत्रेण: by Drona's son (Ashvatthaman)
• द्रोणपुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मारिष: O noble one / O dear sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

(युधिष्टिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Droṇa
• Droṇaputra (Aśvatthāman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the battlefield reality that even great warriors can be overwhelmed; it implicitly points to steadiness and responsibility under pressure as part of kṣatriya-dharma, without romanticizing violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira describes a moment in the fighting when a particular warrior is being hard-pressed—‘covered over’—by Droṇa’s son, Aśvatthāman, indicating a tactical or martial advantage gained by him at that time.