Shloka 22

Saubhadra under Concentrated Assault; Pārṣata’s Intervention and Escalation

Devanagari script

अथान्यद्‌ धनुरादाय धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथ: । द्रोणं युधि पराक्रम्य शरैरविव्याध पञ्चभि:,तब महारथी धृष्टद्युम्नने दूसरा धनुष लेकर युद्धमें पराक्रमपूर्वक पाँच बाण मारकर द्रोणाचार्यको क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया

Transliteration

athānyad dhanur ādāya dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ | droṇaṃ yudhi parākramya śarair avivyādha pañcabhiḥ ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ထို့နောက် မဟာရထ သဓ္ဓိဋ္ဌဒျုမ္နသည် အခြားသော လေးကို ကိုင်ယူကာ စစ်ပွဲအတွင်း ရဲရင့်သတ္တိဖြင့် တိုးဝင်၍ မြားငါးစင်းဖြင့် ဒ్రೋဏကို ထိုးနှက်ကာ ဒဏ်ရာရစေပြီး တိုက်ခိုက်မှုကို ဆက်လက်ဖိအားပေး하였다။

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• पराक्रम्य: having attacked/assailed
• Type: Verb
• Root: परा-क्रम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• अविव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-व्यध्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• पञ्चभिः: with five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• bow
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the harsh ethical tension of Kurukṣetra: even venerable figures like Droṇa become targets when one is bound to kṣatriya-duty and the demands of command. Valor and resolve are praised, yet the narrative implicitly invites reflection on the cost of war and the conflict between reverence (for a teacher/elder) and battlefield obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛṣṭadyumna, described as a mahāratha, takes up another bow and advances against Droṇa in battle, striking him with five arrows. Sañjaya reports this as part of the ongoing combat in Bhīṣma Parva.