Shloka 2

Devanagari script

य इष्ट्वा मनुजेन्द्रेण द्रुपदेन महामखे । लब्धो द्रोणविनाशाय समिद्धाद्धव्यवाहनात्‌

Transliteration

ya iṣṭvā manujendreṇa drupadena mahāmakhe | labdho droṇavināśāya samiddhāddhavyavāhanāt ||

Translation

ಮನುಜೇಂದ್ರನಾದ ದ್ರುಪದನು ಮಹಾಮಖ ಯಜ್ಞವನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸಿದಾಗ, ಸಮಿದ್ಧ ಹವ್ಯವಾಹನ ಅಗ್ನಿಯಿಂದ ದ್ರೋಣವಿನಾಶಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಲಭಿಸಿದವನು.

Word by Word

यःwho

इष्ट्वाhaving sacrificed (performed a sacrifice)

मनुजेन्द्रेणby the lord of men (king)

द्रुपदेनby Drupada

महामखेin the great sacrifice

लब्धःobtained / produced

द्रोण-विनाशायfor the destruction of Droṇa

समिद्धात्from (the fire) kindled / blazing

हव्यवाहनात्from the oblation-carrier (Agni, sacrificial fire)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Drupada

Droṇa

Agni (Havyavāhana)

mahāmakha (great sacrifice)

sacrificial fire (kindled fire)

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 frames a human conflict within a ritual and teleological lens: actions (like Drupada’s sacrifice) are portrayed as generating agents with a defined purpose, suggesting that vengeance and war can be rationalized as destiny—raising ethical tension about using sacred rites to pursue violent ends.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya identifies the warrior (implied: the fire-born champion sought by Drupada) as one obtained through Drupada’s great sacrifice, emerging from the blazing sacrificial fire, specifically for the purpose of destroying Droṇa.