Shloka 39

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

अस्त्राणां च धनुर्वेदे बाह्े वेदे च पारगम्‌ । त॑ सत्यधृतिमायान्तमरुणा: समुदावहन्‌,अस्त्रोंके ज्ञानमें, धनुर्वेदमें तथा ब्राह्मवेदमें भी पारंगत पूर्वोक्त सत्यधृतिको अरुणवर्णके अश्रोंने युद्धक्षेत्रमें उपस्थित किया

Transliteration

astrāṇāṃ ca dhanurvede brāhmavede ca pāragam | taṃ satyadhṛtim āyāntam aruṇāḥ samudāvahan ||

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ນຳເອົາ ສັດຍະທຣິຕິ—ຜູ້ຊຳນານໃນຄວາມຮູ້ເລື່ອງອາວຸດ, ວິຊາທະນຸຣະເວດ (ການຍິງທະນູ) ແລະ ພຣາຫມະເວດ—ເຂົ້າສູ່ສະໜາມຮົບ ໂດຍມີມ້າສີແດງອອກຄຳພາເຂົາໄປ.

Word by Word

अस्त्राणाम्of weapons/missiles

चand

धनुर्वेदेin the science of archery

बाह्वेin the (knowledge of) arms/strength (bāhva-veda implied)

वेदेin the Veda/knowledge-system

चand

पारगम्one who has gone to the far shore; fully proficient

तम्him

सत्यधृतिम्Satyadhṛti (name)

आयान्तम्coming/approaching

अरुणाःreddish; tawny

समुदावहन्they brought/led forth; they carried up

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Satyadhṛti

weapons (astrāṇi)

Dhanurveda

Brāhma-veda

reddish horses (aruṇāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links battlefield worthiness not only to mastery of weapons and archery but also to sacred learning and the virtue implied by the name Satyadhṛti—steadfastness in truth—suggesting an ideal of disciplined power guided by dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports the arrival of the warrior Satyadhṛti to the battlefield, conveyed by reddish horses, emphasizing his exceptional competence in both martial sciences and Vedic knowledge.