Shloka 42

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

Devanagari script

तान्‌ द्रोण: प्रतिजग्राह परीप्सन्‌ युधि पाण्डवम्‌

Transliteration

tān droṇaḥ pratijagrāha parīpsan yudhi pāṇḍavam

Translation

तान् द्रोणः प्रतिजग्राह परीप्सन् युधि पाण्डवम् ।

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• प्रतिजग्राह: accepted / received
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• परीप्सन्: desiring to obtain / seeking
• परीप्सन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-आप्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (one of the Pandavas)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Pāṇḍava(s)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in righteous duty (kṣatriya warfare), intention matters: the verse highlights purposeful action—Droṇa’s deliberate aim to seize the opponent—while inviting reflection on the ethical strain when personal relationships (teacher and disciples) are subordinated to wartime obligations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Droṇa, intent on taking the Pāṇḍava(s) in combat, accepts the engagement and advances to confront them on the battlefield.