Mahabharata 7.194.32 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 194, Shloka 32
स महास्त्रैर्महाराज द्रोणमाच्छादयदू रणे । निहत्य सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि भारद्वाजस्य पार्षत:
sa mahāstrair mahārāja droṇam ācchādayad raṇe | nihatya sarvāṇy astrāṇi bhāradvājasya pārṣataḥ ||
മഹാരാജാ! യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ പൃഷതപുത്രൻ ധൃഷ്ടദ്യുമ്നൻ ഭാരദ്വാജപുത്രൻ ദ്രോണന്റെ എല്ലാ അസ്ത്രങ്ങളും നിഷ്ഫലമാക്കി, പിന്നെ തന്റെ മഹാദിവ്യാസ്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ ദ്രോണനെ മൂടിക്കളഞ്ഞു.
संजय उवाच
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Even in a righteous-war framework, duty and strategic necessity can compel a warrior to confront revered figures; the episode highlights the harsh moral tension between personal reverence (for a teacher) and the kṣatriya obligation to pursue one’s pledged objective in battle.
Dhṛṣṭadyumna counters and nullifies Droṇa’s deployed weapons and then blankets Droṇa with a superior barrage of powerful astras, as Sañjaya reports the escalating duel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
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