Shloka 426
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection
नूनमद्य रजोध्वस्तं रणरेणु: करिष्यति । “उसका वह सुन्दर मुख सदा छत्रकी छायामें रहने योग्य था; परंतु आज युद्धभूमिमें उड़ती हुई धूल उसे आच्छादित कर देगी
nūnam adya rajodhvastaṃ raṇareṇuḥ kariṣyati |
サञ्जयは言った。「まことに今日、戦塵が彼を汚れで覆うであろう。常に王の天蓋の影にあるべきあの美しい顔が、今や戦場に舞う塵の渦に包まれてしまうのだ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral cost of war: worldly status and the protections of royalty (symbolized by the parasol’s shade) cannot shield anyone from the degrading, leveling reality of violence. It evokes compassion and a critique of how conflict overturns dignity.
Sañjaya, describing events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, foresees a noble warrior’s face—once suited to royal comfort—being covered by the dust raised on the battlefield, emphasizing the immediacy and harshness of the ongoing combat.