Shloka 35

Devanagari script

त एनमन्नुवन्‌ सर्वे द्रोणमाहवशोभिनम्‌ । अधर्मत:ः कृतं युद्ध समयो निधनस्य ते

Transliteration

te enam anuvann sarve droṇam āhavaśobhinam | adharmataḥ kṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ samayo nidhana­sya te ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。彼らは皆、戦場に輝くドローナの後を迫り、こう告げた。「この戦いはアダルマによって行われた。いま、汝の死の定めの時が来た。」

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अन्ववन्: followed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + √इ (एति)
• Form: imperfect, 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आहवशोभिनम्: splendid in battle
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहवशोभिन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अधर्मतः: unrighteously; from adharma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: ablative used adverbially

• कृतम्: done; made
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (कृञ्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• युद्धम्: the battle
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• समयः: the time; the occasion
• समयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• निधनस्य: of death; of destruction
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• ते: of you/thy (or: of him, context-dependent)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames warfare under the lens of dharma: when combat is perceived as conducted through adharma, it is morally condemned and is portrayed as inviting inevitable retribution—death arriving as a ‘fixed time’ for the wrongdoer.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that warriors collectively pursue Droṇa on the battlefield. In doing so, they accuse the ongoing fighting of being unrighteous and announce that the moment of Droṇa’s death has arrived.