Shloka 33

Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)

Devanagari script

विराटद्रुपदौ षड़भि: शतेन च शिखण्डिनम्‌

Transliteration

virāṭa-drupadau ṣaḍbhiḥ śatena ca śikhaṇḍinam

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच— विराटद्रुपदौ षड्भिः शतैः सह शिखण्डिनं समरे पर्यवारयताम्।

Word by Word

• विराटद्रुपदौ: Virāṭa and Drupada (as objects)
• विराटद्रुपदौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट + द्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• षड्भिः: with six
• षड्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शतेन: with a hundred
• शतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शिखण्डिनम्: Śikhaṇḍin (as object)
• शिखण्डिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Virāṭa
• Drupada
• Śikhaṇḍin

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the impersonal pressure of war: even eminent kings act as parts of a larger martial machine. It invites reflection on kṣatriya-duty versus the ethical cost of collective violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Virāṭa and Drupada, along with a force numbering in the hundreds, engage or surround Śikhaṇḍin during the fighting, indicating a concentrated assault or close-quarters press in the battlefield.