Shloka 37
Devanagari script
स च्छाद्यमानस्तु तदा द्रोणपुत्रेण मारिष
Transliteration
sa cchādyamānas tu tadā droṇaputreṇa māriṣa
Translation
ユディシュティラは言った。「その時、尊き御方よ、彼はドローナの子に覆い尽くされ、圧倒されて激しく押し込まれていた。」
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
च्छाद्यमानःbeing covered/overwhelmed
च्छाद्यमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootछाद्
Formशानच् (present passive participle), Passive, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तदाthen/at that time
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
द्रोणपुत्रेणby Drona's son (Ashvatthaman)
द्रोणपुत्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोणपुत्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
मारिषO noble one / O dear sir
मारिष:
TypeNoun
Rootमारिष
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
(युधिष्टिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraD
DroṇaD
Droṇaputra (Aśvatthāman)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line highlights the battlefield reality that even great warriors can be overwhelmed; it implicitly points to steadiness and responsibility under pressure as part of kṣatriya-dharma, without romanticizing violence.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes a moment in the fighting when a particular warrior is being hard-pressed—‘covered over’—by Droṇa’s son, Aśvatthāman, indicating a tactical or martial advantage gained by him at that time.