Shloka 32

Devanagari script

स महास्त्रैर्महाराज द्रोणमाच्छादयदू रणे । निहत्य सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि भारद्वाजस्य पार्षत:,महाराज! धृष्टद्युम्नने रणभूमिमें द्रोणाचार्यके सभी अस्त्रोंको नष्ट करके उन्हें अपने महान्‌ अस्त्रोंद्वारा आच्छादित कर दिया

Transliteration

sa mahāstrair mahārāja droṇam ācchādayad raṇe | nihatya sarvāṇy astrāṇi bhāradvājasya pārṣataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Wahai Raja, di medan perang putera Pṛṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna), setelah mematahkan dan menetralkan semua senjata putera Bhāradvāja (Droṇa), lalu menenggelamkan Droṇa dengan senjata-senjata langitnya yang perkasa. Adegan ini menonjolkan etika perang yang muram: penguasaan dan tandingan penguasaan senjata menentukan nasib, walaupun lawannya ialah guru yang dimuliakan; dan peperangan memaksa para pahlawan mengetepikan hormat peribadi demi sumpah, tugas, dan tujuan strategi.

Word by Word

सःhe (that one)

महास्त्रैःwith great weapons/missiles

महाराजO great king

द्रोणम्Drona

आच्छादयत्covered, enveloped

रणेin battle

निहत्यhaving slain/destroyed

सर्वाणिall

अस्त्राणिweapons/missiles

भारद्वाजस्यof Bharadvaja (i.e., Drona)

पार्षतःthe son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Droṇa

Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)

Bhāradvāja

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?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.