Shloka 366

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

नाहं मृष्ये हतं द्रोणं सिंहद्विरदविक्रमम्‌ । सिंह और हाथीके समान पराक्रमी, उदार, लज्जाशील और किसीसे पराजित न होनेवाले पुरुषसिंह द्रोणका वध मैं नहीं सहन कर सकता

Transliteration

nāhaṁ mṛṣye hataṁ droṇaṁ siṁha-dvirada-vikramam |

Translation

ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「獅子と象にも比すべき武威をもつドローナが討たれたことを、私は耐えられぬ。」この嘆きは、戦のただ中にある王の悲しみと執着をあらわし、敬われる師の没落さえ、道義と情の両面で堪え難い衝撃となることを示す。

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• मृष्ये: I endure / tolerate
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: present, ātmanepada, first, singular

• हतम्: slain
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• द्रोणम्: Droṇa
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सिंह-द्विरद-विक्रमम्: having the prowess of a lion and an elephant
• सिंह-द्विरद-विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंह-द्विरद-विक्रम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how attachment and reverence shape moral perception in war: the death of a revered, powerful teacher is not merely a tactical event but an ethical-emotional rupture, revealing the human cost of adharma-driven conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra reacts with anguish upon hearing that Droṇa has been killed, describing him with a heroic epithet—lion-and-elephant-like in valor—indicating both Droṇa’s stature and the shock his fall causes in the Kaurava camp.