Shloka 426

Devanagari script

द्रुपदं च विराटं च प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे । तत्पश्चात्‌ शत्रुमर्दन आचार्य द्रोणने दो पानीदार भल्लोंसे मारकर राजा ट्रुपद और विराटको यमराजके पास भेज दिया

Transliteration

drupadaṃ ca virāṭaṃ ca preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave | tatpaścāt śatrumardana ācārya droṇaḥ pāṇidāra-bhallaiḥ mārayan rājānaṃ drupadaṃ virāṭaṃ ca yamarājasya samīpaṃ preṣayāmāsa |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ຕໍ່ມາ ອາຈານດໂຣນາ ຜູ້ບົດບັງສັດຕູ ໄດ້ໃຊ້ລູກສອນບັລລະອັນແຫຼມຄົມສອງດອກ ຍິງລົງພະຣາຊາ ດຣຸປະດ ແລະ ວິຣາຕ ແລ້ວສົ່ງພວກເຂົາໄປສູ່ຄວາມຕາຍ—ເຖິງພະຍົມະຣາຊ. ຕອນນີ້ຕອກຢ້ຳຄ່າທາງທໍາມະອັນນ່າສະພຶງກົວຂອງສົງຄາມ: ແມ່ນແຕ່ກະສັດຜູ້ຄວນເຄົາລົບກໍຕ້ອງລົ້ມລົງ ເມື່ອໄຟຮົບກົດທັບຄວາມຢັ້ງຢືນ.

Word by Word

• द्रुपदम्: Drupada
• द्रुपदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विराटम्: Virata
• विराटम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रेषयामास: sent/consigned
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मृत्यवे: to Death (Yama)
• मृत्यवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• द्रुपद (Drupada)
• विराट (Virāṭa)
• आचार्य द्रोण (Ācārya Droṇa)
• मृत्यु (Mṛtyu)
• यमराज (Yamarāja)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the grim ethical weight of war: even renowned kings and elders can be cut down when conflict escalates, reminding the listener that victory in battle often carries irreversible human and moral loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Droṇa, described as a destroyer of foes, strikes down Drupada and Virāṭa with sharp barbed arrows, effectively sending them to death (to Yama’s realm).