Shloka 30

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection

Devanagari script

महोत्साहं महाबाहुं दीर्घधाजीवलोचनम्‌ । भक्तानुकम्पिनं दान्तं न च नीचानुसारिणम्‌

Transliteration

mahotsāhaṁ mahābāhuṁ dīrghadhājīvalocanam | bhaktānukampinaṁ dāntaṁ na ca nīcānusāriṇam ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「彼は大いなる気概を備え、剛き腕を持ち、長き旗印を掲げ、眼には生気が満ちていた。信心深き者には憐れみを示し、自らを制し、卑しき者の道に従うことは決してなかった。」

Word by Word

महोत्साहम्of great energy/enthusiasm

महाबाहुम्mighty-armed

दीर्घधाजीवलोचनम्long-bannered and lively-eyed

भक्तानुकम्पिनम्compassionate to devotees

दान्तम्self-controlled, subdued

नnot

चand

नीचानुसारिणम्one who follows the low/base (persons/ways)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid warfare, true nobility is marked by inner discipline (dānta), compassion toward the faithful (bhaktānukampin), and refusal to adopt ignoble means (na nīcānusāriṇam). Valor is presented as inseparable from ethical restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing a prominent warrior’s qualities to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, highlighting both martial signs (mighty arms, long banner, vigorous eyes) and moral character (compassion, self-control, not following base conduct) as part of the ongoing account in Droṇa Parva.