Shloka 35

Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

ततो राजा दशार्णानां प्राग्ज्योतिषमुपाद्रवत्‌

Transliteration

tato rājā daśārṇānāṃ prāgjyotiṣam upādravat

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「そこでダシャールナの王は、プラーグジョーティシャの主に向かって突撃し、戦のただ中で攻勢を押し進めた。戦において君主は断乎たる攻撃で軍を駆り立てるが、その勢いはまた暴力の輪をいっそう深めるのである。」

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• दशार्णानाम्: of the Dasharnas
• दशार्णानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशार्ण
• Form: Masculine, genitive, plural

• प्राग्ज्योतिषम्: Pragjyotisha (name of a country/city)
• प्राग्ज्योतिषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राग्ज्योतिष
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• उपाद्रवत्: attacked, rushed upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√द्रु (द्रवति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King of the Daśārṇas
• Daśārṇa
• Prāgjyotiṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya-war ethos: leaders act decisively and press attacks to protect their side’s interests. Implicitly, it also points to the moral tension of warfare—strategic resolve can be necessary, yet it perpetuates harm and escalation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the king leading the Daśārṇa forces advances and attacks Prāgjyotiṣa (its forces/region), indicating a specific clash within the wider Drona Parva battlefield movements.