Shloka 39

Devanagari script

पाज्चाल्यमथ संत्यज्य द्रोणो5पि रथिनां वर: । विराटद्रुपदौ वृद्धौ वारयामास संयुगे,तब रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ द्रोणाचार्य भी धृष्टद्युम्नको छोड़कर युद्धस्थलमें विराट और ट्रुपद इन दोनों वृद्ध नरेशोंको आगे बढ़नेसे रोकने लगे

Transliteration

Pāñcālyam atha saṁtyajya Droṇo 'pi rathināṁ varaḥ | Virāṭa-Drupadau vṛddhau vārayāmāsa saṁyuge ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– ထို့နောက် ရထားစစ်သည်တို့အနက် အထူးမြတ်သော ထရောဏာသည် ပာဉ္စာလမင်းသား (ဒೃಷ್ಟဒျုမ္န) ကို ခဏထား၍ စစ်မြေပြင်တွင် အသက်ကြီးသော မင်းနှစ်ပါး—ဗိရာဋနှင့် ဒရုပဒ—တို့၏ တိုးတက်မှုကို တားဆီးကာ ရပ်တန့်စေ하였다။ ဤသည်မှာ ထရောဏာ၏ ယူทธဗျူဟာရွေးချယ်မှုကို ပြသသည်—ပြိုင်ဘက်တစ်ဦးတည်းကို မလိုက်လံဘဲ ပဏ္ဍဝတို့၏ အကြီးအကဲမိတ်ဖက်များကို ထိန်းချုပ်၍ သူတို့၏ အရှိန်ကို လျော့ချခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• पाञ्चाल्यम्: the Panchala (prince/leader)
• पाञ्चाल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• संत्यज्य: having abandoned/left
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• रथिनाम्: of the chariot-warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: best/excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विराट-द्रुपदौ: Virata and Drupada
• विराट-द्रुपदौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रुपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• वृद्धौ: the two aged (kings)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• वारयामास: checked/held back
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वारयति) (धातु; causative stem)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Pāñcāla (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• Virāṭa
• Drupada
• battlefield (saṁyuga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights battlefield discernment: a commander may set aside a personal opponent to contain broader threats. Ethically, it reflects kṣatriya-dharma as disciplined action—restraining the enemy’s advance to protect one’s formation rather than acting from single-minded rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Droṇa, renowned among chariot-fighters, temporarily disengages from the Pāñcāla prince Dhṛṣṭadyumna and instead blocks the advance of the elderly kings Virāṭa and Drupada on the battlefield.