Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तामस्य विशिखैस्ती&्ष्णै: क्षिप्पमाणां महारथ: । निजघान शरैद्रोण: क्रुद्ध:ः सत्यपराक्रम:,उसके द्वारा चलायी जानेवाली उस गदाको सत्यपराक्रमी महारथी द्रोणने कुपित हो बाणोंद्वारा नष्ट कर दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

tāṁ asya viśikhaiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ kṣippamāṇāṁ mahārathaḥ |

nijaghāna śaraiḥ droṇaḥ kruddhaḥ satyaparākramaḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。彼の武器が投げ放たれたその時、大車戦士ドローナは—怒りを帯びながらも、すでに証し立てられた武勇に忠実で—鋭い矢でただちにそれを撃ち落とした。戦場の苛烈な掟の中では、熟達と自制が並び立つ。師にして戦士たる者は、無用の残虐に溺れるのではなく、さらなる害を防ぐために致命の一撃を迅速に無力化するのである。

Word by Word

ताम्her/that (female object)

अस्यof him/of this

विशिखैःwith arrows

तीक्ष्णैःsharp

क्षिप्यमाणाम्being hurled/being thrown

महारथःthe great chariot-warrior

निजघानstruck down/destroyed

शरैःwith arrows

द्रोणःDrona

क्रुद्धःangry

सत्यपराक्रमःof true/unyielding valor

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

arrows (viśikha/śara)

a hurled weapon (tām; implied projectile/weapon)

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?

Even amid righteous warfare, action should be precise and proportionate: neutralize imminent harm swiftly through skill and discipline, rather than escalating violence for its own sake.

What is happening in the narrative?

A weapon/projectile launched by an opponent is intercepted; Droṇa, enraged but steady in prowess, quickly destroys it with sharp arrows.