Shloka 59

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection

Devanagari script

दृप्तानां धार्तराष्ट्राणां सिंहनादो मया श्रुतः

Transliteration

dṛptānāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ siṃhanādo mayā śrutaḥ

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच— “दृप्तानां धार्तराष्ट्राणां सिंहनादो मया श्रुतः।”

Word by Word

• दृप्तानाम्: of the proud/arrogant
• दृप्तानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृप्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: of the Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons/party of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सिंहनादः: lion-roar (a loud battle-cry)
• सिंहनादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रुतः: was heard
• श्रुतः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Past (PPP), —, Singular, Passive, Masculine, Nominative

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied via ‘Dhārtarāṣṭras’)
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how pride manifests as aggressive display in conflict; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such overconfidence often accompanies adharma and precedes downfall, reminding readers that inner disposition (like arrogance) shapes outward action and its consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, reports hearing the Kauravas’ thunderous, lion-like battle-cry—an auditory marker of their boldness and readiness for combat in the Drona Parva war sequence.