Shloka 13

Devanagari script

कि पुनस्त्वयि दुर्धर्षे सैनापत्ये व्यवस्थिते । द्रोणे च पुरुषव्याप्रे स्थिते युद्धाभिनन्दिनि,फिर जब आपज-जैसे दुर्धर्ष वीर हमारे सेनापतिके पदपर स्थित हैं तथा युद्धका अभिनन्दन करनेवाले पुरुष-सिंह द्रोणाचार्य-जैसे योद्धा मेरे लिये युद्धभूमिमें उपस्थित हैं, तब तो मुझे भय हो ही कैसे सकता है?

Transliteration

ki punas tvayi durdharṣe saināpatye vyavasthite | droṇe ca puruṣavyāpre sthite yuddhābhinandini ||

Translation

ドゥルヨーダナは言った。「汝のごとく攻め難き者が軍の総司令として堅く立ち、さらに戦を喜ぶ人中の獅子ドローナまでもがここに陣しているのに、我にいかなる恐れがあろうか。」

Word by Word

किम्what? (how?)

पुनःagain; moreover; then

त्वयिin/with regard to you

दुर्धर्षेin (you who are) unassailable

सैनापत्येin the commandership; in the post of commander

व्यवस्थितेbeing stationed/appointed

द्रोणेin/when Drona

चand

पुरुषव्याप्रेin the tiger among men

स्थितेbeing present/standing

युद्धाभिनन्दिनिin (one who is) delighting in/approving of battle

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

Commander-in-chief (saināpati)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how reliance on powerful allies and military leadership can generate confidence, yet it also reflects the ethical tension of grounding assurance in martial strength rather than in dharma or just cause.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana is bolstering morale by pointing to the presence of a formidable commander and to Droṇa, a renowned warrior who welcomes battle, implying that with such champions on his side he has no reason to fear the coming war.