Shloka 106

Droṇa Encircled at Night: Coalition Advance and Battlefield Omens (द्रोणपर्यावरणं रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

निग्रहं धर्मराजस्य प्रकरिष्यति संयुगे । 'द्रोणाचार्य संग्राममें धृष्टद्यम्मका वध किये बिना किसी प्रकार धर्मराजको कैद नहीं कर सकेंगे”

Transliteration

nigrahaṁ dharmarājasya prakarīṣyati saṁyuge |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະເວົ້າວ່າ: «ໃນສົງຄາມ ເຂົາຈະພະຍາຍາມຈັບກຸມ (ແລະຄວບຄຸມ) ທ່ານທັມມະຣາຊາ».

Word by Word

• निग्रहं: capturing, restraint (as an act of seizing)
• निग्रहं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रकरिष्यति: will do, will carry out
• प्रकरिष्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संयुगे: in battle, in the combat
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, the choice of targets reveals one’s ethical posture: aiming to capture Dharmarāja highlights how political victory can be pursued by undermining the moral center of an opposing cause, raising questions about whether strategic success justifies morally fraught means.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield intention: an effort will be made to seize Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) during the fighting, indicating a tactical move to destabilize the Pāṇḍava side by restraining their principal king.