Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

माल्यदामवता राजन्‌ श्वैतच्छत्रेण धार्यता

Transliteration

mālyadāmavatā rājan śvaitacchatreṇa dhāryatā

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ພາລາວໄປພ້ອມດ້ວຍພວງມາລາ ແລະ ສາຍດອກໄມ້, ທັງມີຮົ່ມຂາວຂອງພຣະຣາຊາຖືກກາງເຫນືອລາວ—ເປັນເຄື່ອງໝາຍແຫ່ງກຽດສັກສີ ແລະ ອຳນາດອະທິປະໄຕ ທ່າມກາງຄວາມວຸ້ນວາຍໃນສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

• माल्यदामवता: with a garland-string (garlanded)
• माल्यदामवता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माल्यदामवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्वैतच्छत्रेण: with a white umbrella
• श्वैतच्छत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वैतच्छत्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• धार्यता: by a bearer / by one who holds (it)
• धार्यता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: धार्य
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• white royal parasol (śveta-chatra)
• garlands and wreaths (mālya-dāma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how external emblems—garlands and the white royal parasol—signal authority and honor even in wartime, reminding the listener that power is publicly performed through symbols, while the moral weight of war remains in the background.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a prominent figure is being escorted or displayed with ceremonial honors—adorned with garlands and shaded by a white parasol—indicating royal status or exceptional distinction amid the events of the Drona Parva.