Shloka 583

धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)

Devanagari script

एवमेव हतो द्रोण: सर्वेषामेव पश्यताम । युद्धके मुहानेपर तुमलोगोंके देखते-देखते भीष्मजी किरीटधारी अर्जुनके हाथसे मारे गये। इसी प्रकार द्रोणाचार्यका भी तुम सब लोगोंके सामने ही संहार हो गया

Transliteration

evam eva hato droṇaḥ sarveṣām eva paśyatām |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Just so was Droṇa slain—before the very eyes of all. As Bhīṣma fell in battle while everyone watched, so too did Droṇācārya meet his destruction openly in the sight of the assembled warriors.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हतः: killed, slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वेषाम्: of all (people)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पश्यताम्: while (they) were seeing; in the presence of onlookers
• पश्यताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Bhīṣma
• battlefield (Kurukṣetra, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the public, undeniable nature of karmic consequence in war: even the greatest teachers and heroes fall, and their fall is witnessed by all—highlighting the gravity of adharma, the inevitability of death in battle, and the ethical weight borne by the community that participates and observes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Droṇa was slain in full view of the assembled warriors, drawing a parallel to the earlier, widely witnessed fall of Bhīṣma—emphasizing that these pivotal deaths occurred openly on the battlefield.