Shloka 313

Devanagari script

भीष्मं शान्तनवं वृद्ध द्रोणं च द्विजसत्तमम्‌ । “महाबली शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्म तथा वृद्ध ब्राह्मणप्रवर द्रोणाचार्यका वध कराकर मेरे मनको बारंबार दुःसह संताप प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ vṛddhaṃ droṇaṃ ca dvijasattamam |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「シャンタヌの老いた子ビーシュマ、そして『二度生まれ』の婆羅門の中でも最勝のドローナが討たれたことは、幾度となく我が心に耐え難い苦悩を呼び起こす。」

Word by Word

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शान्तनवम्: son of Shantanu
• शान्तनवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृद्धम्: aged, elder
• वृद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• द्विजसत्तमम्: best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• Śāntanu
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when war is fought under the banner of duty, the killing of revered elders and teachers leaves a lasting moral wound; remembrance of such acts becomes a source of inner torment and ethical reflection.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana voices recurring sorrow over the deaths of Bhīṣma and Droṇa—figures of great age, authority, and learning—highlighting the tragic cost of the Kurukṣetra conflict.