Shloka 12
द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः
Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order
नरेश्वर! रणक्षेत्रमें पैने बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए द्रोणाचार्यको देखकर युयुधानके मुखपर विषाद छा गया ।। तं तु सम्प्रेक्ष्य ते पुत्रा: सैनिकाश्न विशाम्पते । प्रहष्टमणनसो भूत्वा सिंहवद् व्यनदन् मुहुः,प्रजापालक नरेश! उन्हें उस अवस्थामें देखकर आपके पुत्र और सैनिक प्रसन्नचित्त होकर बारंबार सिंहनाद करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | nareśvara! raṇakṣetre pānaiḥ bāṇaiḥ varṣaṃ kurvāṇaṃ droṇācāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuyudhānasya mukhe viṣādaḥ samacchāyata || taṃ tu samprekṣya te putrāḥ sainikāś ca viśāmpate | prahṛṣṭamanaso bhūtvā siṃhavad vyanadan muhuḥ || prajāpālaka nareśa! tān tathāvasthān dṛṣṭvā tava putrāḥ sainikāś ca pramuditacittāḥ san muhur muhuḥ siṃhanādaṃ cakruḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「王よ。戦場でドローナ・アーチャールヤが鋭い矢を雨のごとく降らせるのを見て、ユユダーナの顔は悲嘆と落胆に曇った。だが、彼がその有様であるのを見たとき、汝の子らと兵たちは、人々の主よ、心を躍らせ、幾度も獅子のように咆哮した。民を護る王よ、彼らはドローナの猛威を有利の兆しと受け取り、その歓喜は、戦が武勇を道義の見世物へと変えること—一方の絶望が他方の勝ち鬨となること—を示していた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological inversion common in war: the same act of martial prowess (Droṇa’s arrow-storm) produces despair in an opponent (Yuyudhāna) and exhilaration in allies (the Kauravas). It implicitly warns that battlefield success easily becomes a spectacle that inflames pride and hardens hearts, complicating dharmic judgment.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Droṇa is fiercely attacking, raining sharp arrows. Seeing this, Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) becomes downcast. In contrast, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons and their troops, encouraged by Droṇa’s display, repeatedly roar like lions in celebration.