Shloka 11

Devanagari script

उत्स्रष्टकाम: शस्त्राणि ऋषिवाक्यप्रचोदित: । तेजसा पूर्यमाणश्न युयुधे न यथा पुरा,बाणोंके समाप्त हो जानेसे पुत्रशोकसे पीड़ित हुए द्रोणाचार्य नाना प्रकारके दिव्यास्त्रोंके प्रकट न होनेसे महर्षियोंकी आज्ञा मानकर अब हथियार डाल देनेको उद्यत हो गये; इसीलिये तेजसे परिपूर्ण होनेपर भी वे पूर्ववर्त्‌ युद्ध नहीं करते थे

Transliteration

utsṛṣṭakāmaḥ śastrāṇi ṛṣivākyapracoditaḥ | tejasā pūryamāṇaś ca yuyudhe na yathā purā ||

Translation

サञ्जયは語った。仙人たちの言葉に促され、武器を捨てる方へと決意が傾いたため、内なる光輝がなお胸中に満ちていながらも、彼はもはや以前のようには戦わなかった。

Word by Word

उत्सृष्टकामःone whose desire/resolve has been given up (ready to desist)

शस्त्राणिweapons

ऋषिवाक्यप्रचोदितःurged by the sages' words

तेजसाby/with energy, brilliance

पूर्यमाणःbeing filled (with)

नnot

यथाas, like

पुराformerly, earlier

युयुधेhe fought

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Ṛ

ṛṣis (sages)

śastra (weapons)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that true strength (tejas) is not merely the capacity to fight, but also the capacity to restrain oneself. When guided by higher counsel (ṛṣi-vākya) and an inner shift toward renunciation, a warrior may cease to act in the old way, even if his power remains intact.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a change in the warrior’s conduct: prompted by sages’ words, he becomes inclined to abandon his weapons and therefore does not fight as before, despite still being filled with heroic energy. In the surrounding Drona-parvan context, this aligns with Droṇa’s weakening resolve amid overwhelming grief and moral disorientation.