Shloka 45

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता

Devanagari script

द्रौणिपार्षतयोर्युद्धें घोररूपं भयानकम्‌ | दृष्टवा सम्पूजयामासु: सिद्धचारणवातिका:,अश्वत्थामा और धृष्टद्युम्मके उस घोर एवं भयानक युद्धको देखकर सिद्ध, चारण तथा वायुचारी गरुड़ आदिने उसकी भूरि-भूरि प्रशंसा की

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | drauṇipārṣatayor yuddhe ghorarūpaṁ bhayānakam | dṛṣṭvā sampūjayāmāsuḥ siddhacāraṇavātikāḥ |

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「ドローナの子アシュヴァッターマと、プリシャタの子ドリシュタデュムナとの、凄惨にして恐るべき戦いを見て、シッダたち、チャーラナたち、そして風とともに空を行く天の者らは、その武勇の顕現に惜しみない賛嘆と礼拝を捧げた――戦禍の荒廃のただ中で、技の冴えを祝うその喝采は不吉であった。」

Word by Word

द्रौणि-पार्षतयोःof Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā) and Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

युद्धेin the battle

घोर-रूपम्having a terrible form

भयानकम्fearsome

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

सम्पूजयामासुःthey highly praised / honored

सिद्ध-चारण-वातिकाःthe Siddhas, Cāraṇas, and Vātikas (sky-going beings)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi)

Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)

Siddhas

Cāraṇas

Vātikāḥ (aerial/wind-going beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary martial power can attract admiration even from celestial spectators, yet the language of dread and terror frames that admiration within the moral ambiguity of war—skill and glory are visible, but so is the भय (fear) inherent in violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a fierce duel is taking place between Aśvatthāmā and Dhṛṣṭadyumna. Observing its terrifying intensity, celestial beings—Siddhas, Cāraṇas, and other aerial wanderers—respond by praising and honoring the spectacle.