Shloka 6

द्रोणसेनापत्यं, व्यूहविन्यासः, उत्पातदर्शनं, आरम्भयुद्धम्

Droṇa’s Command, Battle-Formations, Omens, and Opening Engagement

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठ इव विप्राणां तेजसामिव भास्कर: । पितृणामिव धर्मेन्द्रो यादसामिव चाम्बुराट्‌,इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणाभिषेकपर्वणि द्रोणप्रोत्साहने षष्ठो5ध्याय: ।। ६ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रोणाभिषेकपर्वमें द्रोणको उत्साह- प्रदानविषयक छठा अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

vasiṣṭha iva viprāṇāṃ tejasām iva bhāskaraḥ | pitṝṇām iva dharmendro yādasām iva cāmburāṭ ||

Translation

ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಲ್ಲಿ ವಸಿಷ್ಠನಂತೆ, ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಸ್ಕರನಂತೆ, ಪಿತೃಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಧರ್ಮೇಂದ್ರ (ಯಮನಂತೆ), ಜಲಚರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮುದ್ರರಾಜನಂತೆ—ನೀವು ಹಾಗೆಯೇ. ಹೀಗೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ದ್ರೋಣಪರ್ವದೊಳಗಿನ ದ್ರೋಣಾಭಿಷೇಕಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ದ್ರೋಣನಿಗೆ ಉತ್ಸಾಹ ನೀಡುವ ಆರನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

• {'vasiṣṭhaḥ': 'Vasiṣṭha

• the preeminent Vedic sage, exemplar among brahmins', 'iva': 'like

• as (particle of comparison)', 'viprāṇām': 'of brahmins

• of learned priests (genitive plural)', 'tejasām': 'of splendors/energies

• of luminous powers (genitive plural)', 'bhāskaraḥ': 'the Sun

• maker of light', 'pitṝṇām': 'of the Pitṛs

• ancestral spirits (genitive plural)', 'dharmendraḥ': 'lord of dharma

• commonly Yama as ruler/judge of the departed', 'yādasām': 'of aquatic creatures

• water-dwellers (genitive plural)', 'amburāṭ': 'king of waters

• the ocean (as sovereign of aquatic beings)', 'ca': 'and'}

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Bhāskara (Sun)
• Dharma-indra (Yama)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Amburāṭ (Ocean)
• Yādas (aquatic beings)
• Duryodhana
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse illustrates how rhetoric of exemplary comparison is used to confer legitimacy and kindle resolve: by aligning a leader with paradigms of supremacy (sage, sun, judge of the departed, ocean-king), Duryodhana seeks to frame Droṇa’s command as naturally authoritative and dharma-like within the war context.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Droṇa’s consecration/appointment context, Duryodhana is encouraging Droṇa to take up command and act decisively in battle. The verse is part of a praise sequence meant to inspire confidence and urgency before military action.