Shloka 383

उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations

Devanagari script

द्रोणमभ्यद्रवन्‌ क्रुद्धा: सहिता: पाण्डुसृज्जया: । जब वह अत्यन्त भयंकर और दारुण रात्रियुद्ध चल रहा था, उस समय क्रोधमें भरे हुए पाण्डवों तथा सूंजयोंने द्रोणाचार्यपर एक साथ धावा किया

Transliteration

droṇam abhyadravan kruddhāḥ sahitāḥ pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ |

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。怒りに燃え、足並みをそろえたパーンダヴァとスリンジャヤは、ドローナめがけて一斉に突撃した。凄惨な夜戦のただ中で、その集団の猛攻は、戦の窮迫と、敬うべき師を戦場で討たねばならぬという道義の緊張とを、あらわに示していた。

Word by Word

• द्रोणम्: Drona (as object)
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यद्रवन्: ran towards / charged at
• अभ्यद्रवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धावने) + अभि
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• क्रुद्धाः: angry
• क्रुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (कृध्-धातु से, भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहिताः: together / united
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (सह + इ/ए-धातु से, भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डुसृञ्जयाः: the Pandavas and the Sṛñjayas
• पाण्डुसृञ्जयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु + सृञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Sṛñjayas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical strain of war: even revered figures like a teacher (Droṇa) become targets when duty to one’s cause and survival overrides personal reverence. It underscores how anger and collective momentum can intensify violence, challenging the ideal of dharma amid battlefield necessity.

What is happening in the narrative?

During a terrifying night engagement, the allied Pāṇḍava and Sṛñjaya warriors, filled with wrath, rush together to assault Droṇa, indicating a coordinated attempt to overwhelm a formidable commander.