Shloka 15
Droṇa’s Withdrawal, Death, and the Kaurava Rout (द्रोणनिधन-प्रसङ्गः)
Devanagari script
सा भूय एव ध्वजिनी विभक्ता व्यरोचताग्निप्रभया निशायाम्
Transliteration
sā bhūya eva dhvajinī vibhaktā vyarocatāgniprabhayā niśāyām
Translation
サンジャヤは言った。その軍勢は、ふたたび部隊ごとに整えられるや、夜の闇に火のごとき光を放った。秩序ある隊列は暗黒を、再起の決意と執拗な戦の恐るべき光景へと変えたのである。
Word by Word
साshe/that (army)
सा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
भूयःagain, once more
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
ध्वजिनीarmy, host
ध्वजिनी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootध्वजिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
विभक्ताdivided, arranged in divisions
विभक्ता:
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-भज् (धातु) → विभक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
व्यरोचत्shone forth, appeared splendid
व्यरोचत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-रुच् (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन
अग्नि-प्रभयाwith fire-like radiance
अग्नि-प्रभया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
निशायाम्in the night
निशायाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनिशा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)ध
ध्वजिनी (the army/host)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how disciplined organization and collective resolve can make a force appear formidable; ethically, it also underscores the grim irony that human order and brilliance can be harnessed to intensify destruction, especially in war.
Sañjaya reports that the army has been reorganized into divisions again, and in the darkness of night its massed, ordered presence appears to glow like fire—signaling renewed readiness for continued fighting.