Shloka 24

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

अभेद्य: सर्वशस्त्राणां प्रभिन्न इव वारण: । जज्ञे द्रोणविनाशाय सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रिय:

Transliteration

abhēdyaḥ sarvaśastrāṇāṁ prabhinna iva vāraṇaḥ | jajñe droṇavināśāya satyavādī jitendriyaḥ ||

Translation

ಅವನು ಎಲ್ಲ ಶಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಿಗೂ ಅಭೇದ್ಯನು—ಬಂಧನಗಳನ್ನು ಒಡೆದು ಹೊರಟ ಗಜರಾಜನಂತೆ. ಸತ್ಯವಾದಿ, ಜಿತೇಂದ್ರಿಯನು; ದ್ರೋಣವಿನಾಶಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಜನಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• अभेद्यः: invulnerable, not to be pierced
• अभेद्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-भेद्य (भिद् धातु से भेद्य; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वशस्त्राणाम्: of all weapons
• सर्वशस्त्राणाम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-शस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रभिन्नः: rushing forth, breaking through
• प्रभिन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-भिन्न (भिद् धातु; भिन्न-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वारणः: elephant
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born, arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• द्रोणविनाशाय: for the destruction of Droṇa
• द्रोणविनाशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण-विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सत्यवादी: truth-speaking
• सत्यवादी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-वादी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: self-controlled (having conquered the senses)
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Droṇa
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna (implied as the one born to destroy Droṇa)
• Elephant (vāraṇa) (simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Martial power is ethically framed by inner discipline and truthfulness: the warrior described is not only invulnerable but also satyavādī (truthful) and jitendriya (self-controlled), suggesting that rightful force in the epic is ideally allied with restraint and moral legitimacy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana characterizes the warrior (Dhṛṣṭadyumna) as weapon-proof and elephant-like in irresistible force, emphasizing that his very birth has a specific purpose: the downfall of Droṇa. This sets up Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s role as a destined counterforce within the coming Kurukṣetra conflict.