Shloka 15

Devanagari script

धृष्टद्युम्न: प्रहस्यान्यत्‌ पुनरादाय कार्मुकम्‌ | शितेन चैनं बाणेन प्रत्यविध्यत्‌ स्तनान्तरे,तब धृष्टद्युम्नने हँसकर फिर दूसरा धनुष उठाया और तीखे बाणद्वारा आचार्यकी छातीमें गहरी चोट पहुँचायी

Transliteration

dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ prahasyānyat punar ādāya kārmukam | śitena cainaṃ bāṇena pratyavidhyat stanāntare |

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—ధృష్టద్యుమ్నుడు నవ్వుతూ మరొక ధనుస్సును మళ్లీ ఎత్తుకొని, తీక్ష్ణ బాణంతో ద్రోణాచార్యుని వక్షస్థలంలో బలంగా గుచ్చాడు।

Word by Word

धृष्टद्युम्नःDhrishtadyumna

प्रहस्यhaving laughed

अन्यत्another (one)

पुनःagain

आदायhaving taken up

कार्मुकम्bow

शितेनwith a sharp (one)

चand

एनम्him

बाणेनwith an arrow

प्रत्यविध्यत्pierced/struck

स्तनान्तरेin the space between the breasts (on the chest)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dṛṣṭadyumna

Droṇācārya

kārmuka (bow)

bāṇa (arrow)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral pressure of battlefield dharma: a warrior may act with relentless resolve against even a venerable elder when bound to his side’s objective, exposing the tension between reverence for a teacher and the harsh imperatives of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Dṛṣṭadyumna, after laughing, takes up another bow and shoots a sharp arrow that pierces Droṇācārya in the chest.