Shloka 483

Devanagari script

तमाचार्यो5प्यसम्भ्रान्तो डयो धयच्छत्रुतापन: । द्रोणाचार्य जिस अस्त्रका प्रयोग करते, उसीका सात्यकि भी करते थे। शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले आचार्य द्रोण भी घबराहट छोड़कर सात्यकिसे युद्ध करते रहे

Transliteration

tam ācāryo 'py asambhrānto yuyudhe yac chatrutāpanaḥ | droṇācāryaḥ yasyāstrasya prayogaṃ karoti, tasyaiva sātyakir api karoti sma | śatrūṇāṃ santāpa-dātā ācārya-droṇo 'pi ghabarāhaṭ chhoḍkar sātyakinā saha yuddhaṃ karatā rahā |

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—आचार्योऽप्यसम्भ्रान्तः शत्रुतापनः द्रोणः सात्यकिना सह युध्यत। यदस्त्रं द्रोणः प्रयुङ्क्ते, तदेव सात्यकिरपि प्रत्यपद्यत; एवं स निःशङ्को युद्धमकरोत्॥

Word by Word

तम्him

आचार्यःthe teacher (Drona)

अपिalso/even

असम्भ्रान्तःunconfused, unshaken

द्रोणःDrona

धयत्fought/assailed

शत्रुतापनःscorcher of enemies

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇācārya (Droṇa)

Sātyaki

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 highlights steadiness under pressure and mastery in action: even a famed teacher-warrior must remain unshaken, while the opponent’s equal counter shows that skill and presence of mind—not mere reputation—govern outcomes in righteous combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Droṇa continuing the fight without panic. Sātyaki mirrors Droṇa’s weapon-deployments, matching each astra with a corresponding response, so the battle becomes a direct contest of technique and composure.