Shloka 356

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

नित्याभित्वरितानेव त्वरयामास पाण्डवान्‌ | तब सेनापति धूृष्टद्युम्नने यही उपयुक्त अवसर है, ऐसा कहते हुए सदा शीघ्रता करनेवाले पाण्डवोंको और भी जल्दी करनेके लिये प्रेरित किया

Transliteration

nityābhitvaritāneva tvarayāmāsa pāṇḍavān | tadā senāpatiḥ dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ “eṣa upayuktaḥ avasaraḥ” iti vadann sadā śīghratā-kārī pāṇḍavān api bhūyaḥ śīghraṃ kartum prerayāmāsa |

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。常に迅速を旨とする彼は、パーンダヴァらを前へと促した。ついで総帥ドリシュタデュムナは「今こそ相応の時」と宣し、もとより敏速なパーンダヴァらに、さらに一層の速断速行を迫った――戦において時機を掴むことは、義務であり策でもあるからである。

Word by Word

• नित्य: always, constant
• नित्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अभित्वरितान्: already hastened / very quick
• अभित्वरितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभित्वरित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• त्वरयामास: hurried, made (them) hurry
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic value of timely action (kāla-jñāna) in a righteous struggle: a leader must recognize the opportune moment and decisively motivate the force to act without delay.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, serving as the Pāṇḍava commander, identifies a favorable opening on the battlefield and urges the already eager Pāṇḍavas to advance even more swiftly.