Shloka 69

Devanagari script

एवं त॑ निहतं संख्ये दद्शे सैनिको जन:,इस प्रकार सब सैनिकोंने द्रोणाचार्यका मारा जाना अपनी आँखोंसे देखा। राजन! महाथनुर्धर धृष्टद्युम्नने द्रोणाचार्यका वह सिर उठा लिया और उसे आपके पुत्रोंके सामने फेंक दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

evaṃ taṃ nihataṃ saṅkhye dadarśe sainiko janaḥ |

Translation

Sanjaya berkata: Demikianlah para askar yang ramai itu menyaksikan dengan mata sendiri bahawa dia telah terbunuh dalam hiruk-pikuk pertempuran. Wahai Raja! Dhrishtadyumna, pemanah agung, mengangkat kepala Drona Acharya lalu melemparkannya di hadapan putera-puteramu.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

तत्that (one/thing)

निहतम्slain, killed

सङ्ख्येin battle

ददर्शsaw

सैनिकःsoldier

जनःpeople, crowd

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇācārya (implied by context)

the soldiers/army (sainika-jana)

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 the moral weight of public witnessing in war: when a revered figure falls, the event is not private—it reshapes collective conscience, intensifies enmity, and tests dharma amid battlefield necessity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the soldiers directly saw the slain warrior in the battle. In context, this refers to Droṇa’s death being evident to the assembled forces, marking a decisive and emotionally explosive turning point.