Shloka 11
Sainyavinyāsa–Lakṣaṇa (Disposition of Armies and Battlefield Omens) | सैन्यविन्यास–लक्षणम्
शोणैह्हये रुक्मरथो महात्मा द्रोणो धनुष्पाणिरदीनसत्त्व: । आस्ते गुरु: प्रायश: सर्वराज्ञां पश्चाच्च भूमीन्द्र इवाभियाति,उनके पीछे प्रायः समस्त राजाओंके गुरु, उदार हृदयवाले महामना द्रोणाचार्य हाथमें धनुष लिये लाल घोड़ोंसे जुते हुए सुवर्णमय रथमें बैठकर भूमिपालकी भाँति युद्धके लिये जा रहे थे
sañjaya uvāca |
śoṇaiḥ-haye rukma-ratho mahātmā droṇo dhanuṣ-pāṇir adīna-sattvaḥ |
āste guruḥ prāyaśaḥ sarva-rājñāṃ paścāc ca bhūmīndra ivābhiyāti ||
サञ्जयは語った。大心のドローナは、気概揺るがず弓を手に、栗毛の馬に牽かれた黄金の戦車に座していた。ほとんどすべての王の師である彼は、彼らの後に従い戦場へ進む—まるで国土を護る君主が出陣するかのように。この句は、師が戦に入る道義の重さを示す。ドローナのグルとしての権威と個の武勇は、クルクシェートラの戦を押し流す、義務に縛られた悲劇の奔流の中に置かれている。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical gravity of leadership and instruction: a guru revered by many kings enters the battlefield with courage and regal bearing. It implicitly raises the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between social role (guru, protector) and the destructive inevitability of war undertaken as perceived duty.
Sañjaya narrates the Kaurava forces moving into battle formation. Droṇācārya, armed with his bow, rides in a golden chariot drawn by chestnut horses, advancing behind the kings—depicted like a bhūmīndra (sovereign) going forth to war.