Shloka 43

Devanagari script

कुलक्रमागतं वैरं ममाचार्येण विश्रुतम्‌ । तथा जानात्ययं लोको न यूय॑ पाण्डुनन्दना:,द्रोणाचार्यके साथ मेरा वंशपरम्परागत वैर चला आ रहा है, जो बहुत प्रसिद्ध है। उसे यह सारा संसार जानता है; क्या तुम पाण्डवोंको इसका पता नहीं है?

Transliteration

kulakramāgataṁ vairaṁ mamācāryeṇa viśrutam | tathā jānāty ayaṁ loko na yūyaṁ pāṇḍunandanāḥ ||

Translation

ಧೃಷ್ಟದ್ಯುಮ್ನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ನನ್ನ ವಂಶಕ್ಕೂ ನನ್ನ ಆಚಾರ್ಯನಿಗೂ ಇರುವ ವೈರವು ಕುಲಪರಂಪರೆಯಿಂದ ಬಂದಿದ್ದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಲೋಕವೆಲ್ಲ ಅದನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದಿದೆ; ಓ ಪಾಂಡುನಂದನರೇ, ನಿಮಗೆ ಅದು ತಿಳಿದಿಲ್ಲವೇ?

Word by Word

कुलक्रमागतम्come down through family succession (hereditary)

वैरम्enmity

ममmy

आचार्येणby/through the teacher (Droṇa)

विश्रुतम्well-known, famed

तथाthus, in that way

जानातिknows

अयम्this (person/one)

लोकःthe world, people

नnot

यूयम्you (pl.)

पाण्डुनन्दनाःO sons of Pāṇḍu

Speaker

धष्टहुम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Droṇācārya (Droṇa)

Pāṇḍunandanāḥ (the Pāṇḍavas)

loka (the world/people)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how inherited hostilities (kulakrama-āgata vaira) can shape moral and strategic choices in war, raising an ethical tension between personal/lineage obligations and broader dharma—especially when the opponent is also a revered teacher.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛṣṭadyumna reminds the Pāṇḍavas that his long-standing, publicly known feud with Droṇa is hereditary and famous, implying that his resolve against Droṇa is grounded in an established lineage conflict and should not be surprising to them.