Shloka 17

Devanagari script

शिक्षाप्रमादश्न बल॑ धृतिश्न द्रोणे महास्त्राणि च संनतिश्न । स चेदगान्मृत्युवशं महात्मा सव्वनिन्यानातुरानद्य मन्ये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | śikṣāpramādaś ca balaṃ dhṛtiś ca droṇe mahāstrāṇi ca saṃnatiś ca | sa ced agān mṛtyuvaśaṃ mahātmā sarvān nṛṇām āturān adya manye ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်။ သင်ကြားမှုနှင့် စည်းကမ်း၊ သတိပေးကာကွယ်မှု၊ အားမာန်၊ မလှုပ်မယှက် သတ္တိ၊ မဟာလက်နက်တို့ကို ကျွမ်းကျင်မှု၊ နှိမ့်ချမှု—ဤကောင်းဂုဏ်အားလုံးသည် ဒ್ರೋဏ၌ ရှိနေ하였다။ ထိုမဟာစိတ်ရှိသူ ဒ್ರೋဏပင် မရဏ၏ အာဏာအောက်သို့ ကျရောက်သွားလျှင် ယနေ့ အခြားလူအားလုံးကိုလည်း သေမင်းနီးကပ်သူများဟု ငါယူဆသည်။

Word by Word

• {'śikṣā': 'training, instruction

• disciplined learning (especially martial/vedic)', 'apramāda': 'vigilance, carefulness

• freedom from negligence', 'bala': 'strength, power (physical and strategic)', 'dhṛti': 'steadfastness, fortitude, sustaining resolve', 'Droṇa': 'Droṇācārya, the preceptor and master of arms', 'mahāstrāṇi': 'great weapons

• powerful missiles/astric weapons', 'saṃnati': 'humility, deference, modest conduct', 'mahātmā': 'great-souled, noble-minded', 'mṛtyu-vaśa': 'under Death’s control

• subject to mortality', 'sarvān nṛṇām': 'all men/people', 'āturān': 'afflicted, distressed

• as if already seized by calamity', 'adya': 'today, now', 'manye': 'I think, I consider'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Mṛtyu (Death, personified)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most accomplished—endowed with discipline, vigilance, strength, courage, mastery of weapons, and humility—cannot escape mortality; therefore pride is futile and the calamity of war spares no one.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reflects on Droṇa’s fall, listing the teacher’s exemplary qualities and concluding that if such a mighty and virtuous warrior can be overcome by Death, then the rest of the combatants are likewise in grave peril.