Shloka 14

Droṇa’s Renewed Advance toward Yudhiṣṭhira; Fall of Satyajit and Allied Recoil (द्रोणस्य युधिष्ठिरप्रेप्सा—सत्यजितः पतनम्)

Devanagari script

द्रोणेन विहितो व्यूह: पदात्यश्वरथद्विपै:

Transliteration

droṇena vihito vyūhaḥ padātyaśvarathadvipaiḥ

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດໂຣນະໄດ້ຈັດຮູບຂະບວນຮົບ ປະກອບດ້ວຍທະຫານຮາບ, ທະຫານມ້າ, ລົດຮົບ, ແລະຊ້າງຮົບ».

Word by Word

• द्रोणेन: by Droṇa
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विहितः: arranged/formed
• विहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-धा (धातु: धा) → विहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यूहः: battle-array/formation
• व्यूहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यूह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पदाति-अश्व-रथ-द्विपैः: with foot-soldiers, horses, chariots, and elephants
• पदाति-अश्व-रथ-द्विपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति + अश्व + रथ + द्विप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• vyūha (battle formation)
• infantry
• cavalry (horses)
• chariots
• elephants

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined organization in warfare: power is made effective through ordered deployment under responsible command. Ethically, it underscores the kṣatriya context where strategy and command are exercised within the grim obligations of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Droṇa has arranged a vyūha (battle-array), deploying the four main arms—infantry, cavalry, chariots, and elephants—signaling the commencement of a planned and coordinated engagement.