Shloka 22

Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)

Devanagari script

प्रहारवेगाभिहता द्रुमा व्याघूर्णितास्तत: । सफलाः: प्रपतन्ति स्म द्रुतं त्रस्ता: कुमारका:

Transliteration

prahāravegābhihatā drumā vyāghūrṇitās tataḥ | saphalāḥ prapatanti sma drutaṁ trastāḥ kumārakāḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຕົ້ນໄມ້ທັງຫຼາຍຖືກກະແທກດ້ວຍແຮງຂອງການຕີ ຈຶ່ງໂອນໄຫວຢ່າງຮຸນແຮງ. ແລ້ວພຣະກຸມານທັງຫຼາຍ—ດ້ວຍຄວາມຫວາດກົວ—ກໍຕົກລົງມາຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວ ພ້ອມກັບໝາກໄມ້. ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ຄວາມຮຸນແຮງທີ່ບໍ່ຢັ້ງຄິດ ແລະການຂົ່ມຂູ່ ສາມາດປ່ຽນແມ່ນແຕ່ການຫຼິ້ນ ຫຼືການອວດແຮງ ໃຫ້ກາຍເປັນອັນຕະລາຍ ເຜີຍໃຫ້ເຫັນຄວາມຫວາດກົວແລະຄວາມບໍ່ໝັ້ນຄົງ ຫາກບໍ່ແມ່ນວິລະກໍາທີ່ແທ້ຈິງ.

Word by Word

• प्रहारवेगाभिहताः: struck by the force of blows
• प्रहारवेगाभिहताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहार-वेग-अभिहत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्रुमाः: trees
• द्रुमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्याघूर्णिताः: violently shaken/whirled
• व्याघूर्णिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याघूर्णित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सफलाः: with fruits (fruit-laden)
• सफलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-फल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रपतन्ति: fall down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• स्म: indeed/used to (particle with past narrative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत

• त्रस्ताः: frightened
• त्रस्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रस्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुमारकाः: young princes/boys
• कुमारकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• drumāḥ (trees)
• kumārakāḥ (princes; Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Force used carelessly becomes destructive and exposes inner fear rather than strength; intimidation and impulsive aggression lead to immediate harm and instability, contrasting with dharmic self-control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Trees are struck with powerful blows and shake; the frightened princes who were on them fall down quickly, along with the fruits, as described by Vaiśampāyana.