Shloka 10

Droṇa-pātana-paripṛcchā (Inquiry into the Fall of Droṇa) | द्रोणपातनपरिपृच्छा

Devanagari script

तस्य शोणितदिग्धाड्ा: शोणास्ते वातरंहस: । आजानेया हया राजन्नविश्रान्ता ध्रुवं ययु:,उनके घोड़े स्वभावत: लाल रंगके थे। उसपर भी उनके सारे अंग खूनसे लथपथ होनेके कारण वे और भी लाल दिखायी देते थे। उनका वेग वायुके समान तीव्र था। राजन्‌! उन घोड़ोंकी नस्ल अच्छी थी और वे बिना विश्राम किये निरन्तर दौड़ लगाते रहते थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tasya śoṇitadigdhāḥ śoṇāste vātaraṁhasaḥ | ājāneyā hayā rājann aviśrāntā dhruvaṁ yayuḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ມ້າຂອງເຂົາ—ໂດຍທໍາມະຊາດເປັນສີແດງເຂັ້ມ—ບັດນີ້ຖືກເລືອດເປື້ອນທົ່ວກາຍ ຈຶ່ງຍິ່ງເຫັນແດງຈ້າ. ໄວດັ່ງລົມ ໂອ ພະມະຫາກະສັດ, ມ້າພັນດີເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນແລ່ນຕໍ່ໄປບໍ່ຮູ້ເມື່ອຍ ບໍ່ຢຸດພັກ ຝ່າກາງຄວາມຮຸນແຮງແຫ່ງສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

तस्यof him/that (of his)

शोणित-दिग्धाःsmeared with blood

शोणाःred

तेthey/those

वातरंहसःhaving wind-like speed / swift as the wind

आजानेयाःof noble breed (well-born horses)

हयाःhorses

राजन्O king

अविश्रान्ताःunresting / without pause

ध्रुवम्surely / certainly

ययुःwent / sped along

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

horses (hayāḥ)

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 underscores how war leaves visible stains even on what is noble and beautiful: the finest steeds are marked by blood, yet are driven onward without rest. It implicitly highlights the relentless momentum of battle and the ethical cost borne by all participants and instruments of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra the condition and qualities of a warrior’s chariot-horses: naturally red, now further reddened by blood, exceptionally swift like the wind, of excellent breed, and continuing to run without stopping amid the fighting.