Shloka 45
इति तत्र महाराज प्राक्रोशद् द्रौणिमेव च । उत्सृज्य च रणे शस्त्र रथोपस्थे निविश्य च
iti tatra mahārāja prākrośad drauṇim eva ca | utsṛjya ca raṇe śastraṃ rathopasthe niviśya ca ||
ಹೀಗೆಂದು, ಮಹಾರಾಜನೇ, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನು ದ್ರೋಣನ ಮಗನನ್ನೇ ಜೋರಾಗಿ ಕೂಗಿದನು; ಮತ್ತು ಯುದ್ಧಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಸ್ತ್ರವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ರಥದ ಆಸನದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತನು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral-psychological tension in war: when fear, grief, or shock overwhelms a warrior, he may abandon his weapon and withdraw, revealing the fragility of resolve and the ethical weight of continuing violence under inner collapse.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, in the midst of the battle, someone calls out loudly to Droṇa’s son (Aśvatthāmā) and then throws down his weapon and sits on the chariot-seat, signaling a sudden breakdown or refusal to continue fighting at that moment.