Shloka 34

Devanagari script

व्यूहस्यैव पुनर्दधारें गत्वा द्रोणो व्यवस्थित: । वातायमानैस्तैरश्वैर्नीतो वृष्णिशरार्दितै:,द्रोणाचार्य पुनः व्यूहके ही द्वारपर जाकर खड़े हो गये। सात्यकिके बाणोंसे पीड़ित होकर वायुके समान वेगसे भागनेवाले उनके घोड़ोंने ही उन्हें वहाँ पहुँचा दिया

Transliteration

vyūhasyaiva punar dadhāre gatvā droṇo vyavasthitaḥ | vātāyamānais tair aśvair nīto vṛṣṇiśarārditaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Droṇa, setelah kembali, mengambil kedudukan semula tepat di pintu gerbang formasi tempur. Kuda-kudanya—dipacu sepantas angin namun diseksa oleh anak panah pahlawan Vṛṣṇi (Sātyaki)—membawanya ke sana.

Word by Word

व्यूहस्यof the battle-array

एवindeed/just

पुनःagain

दधारheld/maintained

गत्वाhaving gone

द्रोणःDroṇa

व्यवस्थितःstationed/standing firm

वातायमानैःmoving like the wind / wind-swift

तैःby those

अश्वैःby horses

नीतःled/carried

वृष्णि-शर-अर्दितैःafflicted by the Vṛṣṇi’s arrows (i.e., Sātyaki’s)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

Sātyaki

Vyūha (battle formation)

Chariot horses

Arrows (śara)

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 highlights kṣatriya-dharma in practice: a commander must reoccupy and defend a strategic point (the formation’s ‘door’) despite pain and disruption. It also shows how agency in war is shared—human resolve and the chariot-team’s momentum together determine outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Drona, pressured by Sātyaki’s arrow-fire, ends up returning to the entrance of the Kaurava battle-formation and stands there again. His horses, rushing like the wind while wounded by the Vṛṣṇi warrior’s arrows, carry him back to that position.