Shloka 50
Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)
द्रोणो न सैन्यं बलवत् क्रामेत् तत्र कथंचन । जहाँ शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाला द्रुपदकुमार संग्रामभूमिमें खड़ा होगा, वहाँ मेरी प्रबल सेनापर द्रोणाचार्य किसी तरह आक्रमण नहीं कर सकते ।। एष द्रोणविनाशाय समुत्पन्नो हुताशनात्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
droṇo na sainyaṃ balavat krāmet tatra kathaṃcana |
yatra śatruvīrāṇāṃ saṃhārakaro drupadakumāraḥ saṅgrāmabhūmau sthāsyati, tatra mama prabale sainye droṇācāryaḥ kathaṃcid api nākrāmitum arhati ||
eṣa droṇavināśāya samutpanno hutāśanāt ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「その場所では、ドローナはどのようにしても、強引に軍勢へ踏み込むことはできぬ。敵の勇士を滅ぼすドルパダの子が戦場に立つところ、そこではドローナ・アーチャールヤは我が強大な軍に攻めかかることが決してかなわぬ。この者は、まさにドローナ滅亡のために、祭火より生じたのだ。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the tension between personal destiny and battlefield ethics: Dṛṣṭadyumna is portrayed as divinely (ritually) ordained for Droṇa’s downfall, suggesting that in war, outcomes are shaped not only by strength but also by prior vows, origins, and moral causality.
Yudhiṣṭhira assesses the tactical situation: as long as Dṛṣṭadyumna—the fire-born son of Drupada, famed as a slayer of enemy champions—stands ready, Droṇa cannot effectively press an attack against the Pāṇḍava forces; Yudhiṣṭhira underscores Dṛṣṭadyumna’s specific destiny to bring about Droṇa’s death.