Shloka 216

Devanagari script

नाशबनुतां वारयितुं भीष्मद्रोणी महारथौ । महाराज! उस युद्धस्थलमें आपके पुत्रकी भागती हुई सेनाको महारथी द्रोण और भीष्म भी रोक न सके

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

nāśaknūtāṃ vārayituṃ bhīṣma-droṇī mahārathau |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ໃນສະໜາມຮົບນັ້ນ ແມ່ນແຕ່ນັກຮົບລົດສົງຄາມຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ທັງສອງ—ພີສະມະ ແລະ ໂດຣນະ—ກໍບໍ່ອາດຫ້າມກອງທັບຂອງພະອົງລູກຊາຍທີ່ກຳລັງແຕກພ່າຍຫນີໄດ້.

Word by Word

नnot

अशक्नुताम्were not able (the two could not)

वारयितुम्to restrain/stop

भीष्मBhishma

द्रोणौDrona (as one of the two)

महारथौthe two great chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'Mahārāja')

Bhīṣma

Droṇa

Kaurava army (your sons’ army, implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even extraordinary skill and reputation cannot always overcome collective panic and moral collapse in an army; effective leadership depends on the inner steadiness and discipline of the troops, not merely on celebrated commanders.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava forces are fleeing on the battlefield, and that even Bhīṣma and Droṇa—both famed mahārathas—cannot halt or rally them.