Mahabharata 7.93.32 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 93, Shloka 32

द्रोण–सात्यकि-युद्धम्

Droṇa–Sātyaki Engagement

Devanagari script

ततः प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा द्रोणं प्रायान्महाभुजम्‌ । परिवृत्तश्न बीभत्सुरगच्छद्‌ विसृजन्‌ शरान्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā droṇaṃ prāyān mahābhujaḥ | parivṛttaś ca bībhatsur agacchad visṛjan śarān ||

Translation

それから強き腕のアルジュナは、ドローナを敬って右繞し、退いた。身を翻したビーバツ（Bībhatsu）は、矢の斉射を放ちながら前進し続けた——戦場における武人の務めを果たしつつも、尊ぶべき師を敬うという倫理の節度を失わなかった。

Word by Word

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

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation (to the right)
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having done’

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रायात्: went forth, departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महाभुजम्: the mighty-armed (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परिवृत्तः: having turned back/returned
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय

• बीभत्सुः: Bibhatsu (Arjuna)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अगच्छत्: went, proceeded
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विसृजन्: releasing, discharging
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सृज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Bībhatsu
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in the harshness of war, dharma includes gratitude and reverence toward one’s teacher; Arjuna balances respect (pradakṣiṇā to Droṇa) with his kṣatriya obligation to continue fighting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna circumambulates Droṇa respectfully and then withdraws, turning and advancing while shooting arrows—signaling both deference to his guru and continued engagement in the battle.