Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततः स रथनीडस्थं स्वरथस्य रथेषया । अगच्छदसिमुद्यम्य शतचन्द्रं च भानुमत्‌,उस समय उन्होंने तलवार और सौ चन्द्रचिह्"ोंवाली ढाल लेकर अपने रथकी ईषाके मार्गसे रथकी बैठकमें बैठे हुए द्रोणपर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

tataḥ sa rathanīḍasthaṃ svarathasya ratheṣayā | agacchad asim udyamya śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat ||

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。ついに彼は、車の「巣座」に座すドローナへと迫った。自らの戦車の轅に沿って進み、剣を掲げ、百の月紋を帯びた光り輝く盾を携えて、攻撃を開始した。この場面は戦の容赦なき推進力を示す。武勇と戦術的接近が出会いを押し進め、法の戦場においてさえ、崇敬すべき師に刃を向けさせるのである。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

रथनीडस्थम्seated in the chariot-seat

स्वरथस्यof (his) own chariot

रथेषयाby/along the chariot-pole (shaft)

अगच्छत्went, advanced

असिम्a sword

उद्यम्यhaving raised/brandished

शतचन्द्रम्having a hundred moon-marks

चand

भानुमत्shining, radiant (shield)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

chariot (ratha)

chariot-seat/nest (rathanīḍa)

chariot-pole (īṣā)

sword (asi)

shield with hundred moon-emblems (śatacandra)

radiant shield/weapon (bhānumat)

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 in a dharma-war, action is driven by role-based duty (kṣatriya-dharma) and immediate necessity; the verse highlights how valor and tactical resolve operate within the moral tension of fighting revered figures like Droṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

A warrior closes in on Droṇa, who is positioned in the chariot-seat, approaching via the chariot’s pole and attacking with an upraised sword while carrying a shining shield decorated with a hundred moon-like emblems.