Shloka 47
Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)
धृष्टद्युम्नं ततो द्रोणो विद्ध्वा सप्तभिराशुगै:
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tato droṇo viddhvā saptabhir āśugaiḥ
サञ्जयは言った。「そののちドローナは、疾く飛ぶ七本の矢でドリシュタデュムナを射抜き、戦をさらに押し進めた——戦においては義務に縛られた苛烈さが休みなく働き、第一の敵に対して武の達人が一瞬もためらわず技を振るうことを示す。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the uncompromising momentum of battlefield duty (kṣatriya-dharma): a commander like Droṇa acts decisively against a principal opponent, illustrating how skill and resolve are deployed in war without hesitation, even when the moral weight of violence remains implicit.
Sañjaya reports that Droṇa shoots Dhṛṣṭadyumna with seven swift arrows, marking an intense exchange between leading warriors as the battle escalates under Droṇa’s command.