Shloka 5

पाण्डवपरिचयः—विराटसभायां प्रकाशनम्

Identification of the Pāṇḍavas in Virāṭa’s Court

Devanagari script

द्रोण: कृपश्चैव विविंशतिश्न दुःशासनश्वैव विवृत्य शीघ्रम्‌ सर्वे पुरस्ताद्‌ विततोरुचापा दुर्योधनार्थ त्वरिता<5भ्युपेयु:,तत्पश्चात्‌ द्रोण, कृपाचार्य, विविंशति और दुःशासन भी शीघ्र ही घूमकर आ गये। वे सब अपने विशाल धनुषको ताने हुए पूर्व या सामनेकी ओरसे दुर्योधनकी रक्षाके लिये बड़ी उतावलीके साथ आये थे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | droṇaḥ kṛpaś caiva viviṁśatiś ca duḥśāsanaś caiva vivṛtya śīghram | sarve purastād vitatorucāpā duryodhanārthaṁ tvaritābhyupeyuḥ ||5||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。ドローナとクリパは、ヴィヴィンシャティとドゥフシャーサナを伴い、たちまち身を翻した。皆、大弓を引き絞り、ドゥルヨーダナを守らんとして前面へと急行した—危急のただ中で主将を庇い立てることに、焦がれるほどの熱意と固い決意をもって。

Word by Word

{'vaiśampāyana uvāca''Vaiśampāyana said', 'droṇaḥ': 'Droṇa (the preceptor, master of arms)', 'kṛpaḥ (kṛpācāryaḥ)': 'Kṛpa (the royal teacher, famed archer)', 'viviṁśatiḥ': 'Viviṁśati (a Kaurava prince, brother of Duryodhana)', 'duḥśāsanaḥ': 'Duḥśāsana (Kaurava prince, brother of Duryodhana)', 'caiva': 'and indeed

and also', 'vivṛtya''turning around

wheeling about', 'śīghram''quickly', 'sarve': 'all (of them)', 'purastāt': 'in front

to the fore', 'vitata-uru-cāpāḥ''with large bows stretched/drawn (lit. ‘broad/long bows extended’)', 'duryodhanārtham': 'for Duryodhana’s sake

to protect Duryodhana', 'tvaritāḥ''hastened

in great urgency', 'abhyupeyuḥ''they approached

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Droṇa

Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)

Viviṁśati

Duḥśāsana

Duryodhana

bows (cāpa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the power of allegiance and martial duty: skilled elders and princes act swiftly to protect their commander. Ethically, it also points to a recurring Mahābhārata tension—competence and loyalty can be deployed in service of a questionable cause, raising the question of whether duty to a person should yield to duty to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Virāṭa Parva conflict, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Viviṁśati, and Duḥśāsana quickly turn back and rush to the front with bows drawn, positioning themselves as a protective screen for Duryodhana.