Shloka 47
Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)
धृष्टद्युम्नं ततो द्रोणो विद्ध्वा सप्तभिराशुगै:
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tato droṇo viddhvā saptabhir āśugaiḥ
सञ्जय उवाच—ततो द्रोणो धृष्टद्युम्नं सप्तभिराशुगैः शरैर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्युद्धं समभ्यवर्तत; कर्तव्यनियतं रौद्रं च तस्य शस्त्रकौशलं प्रमुखशत्रौ निरन्तरं प्रववृते।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the uncompromising momentum of battlefield duty (kṣatriya-dharma): a commander like Droṇa acts decisively against a principal opponent, illustrating how skill and resolve are deployed in war without hesitation, even when the moral weight of violence remains implicit.
Sañjaya reports that Droṇa shoots Dhṛṣṭadyumna with seven swift arrows, marking an intense exchange between leading warriors as the battle escalates under Droṇa’s command.