Shloka 373

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता

Devanagari script

तां दर्शय स्थिरो भूत्वा न मे जीवन विमोक्ष्यसे । “दुन्तीके पुत्रोंके प्रति जो तेरा द्वेषभाव और कौरवोंके प्रति जो भक्तिभाव है, उसे स्थिर होकर दिखा। तू जीते-जी मेरे हाथसे छुटकारा नहीं पा सकेगा

Transliteration

tāṁ darśaya sthiro bhūtvā na me jīvana-vimokṣyase |

Translation

“ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿ ನಿಂತು ಅದನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸು—ನೀನು ಜೀವಂತಿರುವವರೆಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಕೈಯಿಂದ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾರೆ. ಪಾಂಡವಪುತ್ರರ ಮೇಲಿನ ನಿನ್ನ ದ್ವೇಷವೂ, ಕೌರವರ ಮೇಲಿನ ನಿನ್ನ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯೂ—ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಅಚಲವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸು; ಜೀವಂತನಾಗಿರುವವರೆಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಹಿಡಿತದಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗಲಾರೆ.”

Word by Word

ताम्her/that (fem.)

दर्शयshow (you)

स्थिरःsteady, firm

भूत्वाhaving become

नnot

मेof me / my

जीवनliving, while alive

विमोक्ष्यसेyou will be released / you will escape

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

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 an ethical inversion common in wartime rhetoric: loyalty and enmity are demanded as proofs of belonging, enforced by threat. It implicitly contrasts coercive allegiance with dharmic conduct, where right action should arise from discernment rather than fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (introduced as Sañjaya) reports a forceful command: someone is ordered to demonstrate steadfastness, with the warning that they will not be allowed to escape alive. The surrounding prose gloss (in the provided Hindi) frames this as being about showing fixed hatred toward the sons of Pāṇḍu and devotion toward the Kauravas.