Shloka 27

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

धर्मराजवच: श्रुत्वा सारथि्हयकोविद:

Transliteration

dharmarāja-vacaḥ śrutvā sārathiḥ hayakovidaḥ

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်။ ဓမ္မရာဇ (ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရ) ၏ စကားကို ကြားပြီးနောက် မြင်းထိန်းကျွမ်းကျင်သော ရထားမောင်းသည် စစ်၏ ဓမ္မပင်ပန်းမှုအလယ်၌ လိုအပ်သည့် လက်တွေ့တုံ့ပြန်မှုနှင့် စည်းကမ်းတကျ တည်ငြိမ်မှုဖြင့် ပြန်လည်ဖြေကြား하였다။

Word by Word

• धर्मराजवचः: the words/speech of Dharmaraja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजवचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज-वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• सारथिः: the charioteer
• सारथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हयकोविदः: skilled/experienced in horses
• हयकोविदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हय-कोविद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• sārathi (charioteer)
• haya (horses)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ideal of disciplined action guided by righteous counsel: Dharmarāja’s morally weighted speech is received by a competent agent (the charioteer), suggesting that ethical intent must be matched by skilled execution, especially in the chaos of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that the charioteer, an expert in handling horses, listens to Dharmarāja’s words—setting up the next action or response in the battlefield sequence of Droṇa Parva.