Shloka 145

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

यथाप्रतिज्ञं तत्‌ कर्म कृत्वा द्रौणायनि: प्रभो

Transliteration

yathāpratijñaṃ tat karma kṛtvā drauṇāyaniḥ prabho

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ຈອມເຈົ້າ, ເມື່ອໄດ້ກະທຳການນັ້ນຕາມຄຳປະຕິຍານຂອງຕົນຢ່າງບໍ່ຜິດເພີ້ຍ, ບຸດແຫ່ງດໂຣນະກໍສຳເລັດຄວາມຕັ້ງໃຈອັນອຳມະຫິດຂອງຕົນ. ມັນຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ຄຳສັນຍາເມື່ອຖືກຜູກໄວ້ກັບຄວາມໂກດໃນສົງຄາມ ສາມາດຜັກດັນຄົນໃຫ້ເຮັດຄວາມຜິດທີ່ບໍ່ອາດຫັນກັບໄດ້.

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

प्रतिज्ञम्the vow/promise

तत्that

कर्मdeed, act

कृत्वाhaving done

द्रौणायनिःDrauni (son of Drona, i.e., Ashvatthaman)

प्रभोO lord

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Drauṇāyani (Aśvatthāman)

Droṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral tension between keeping a vow and the ethical quality of the vowed act: fidelity to a promise does not sanctify an action if the action itself is unrighteous, especially in the heat of vengeance-driven warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the listener (addressed as 'prabho') that Drauṇāyani—Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa—has completed the deed he had resolved upon, indicating the fulfillment of his pledged course of action in the Sauptika episode.