Shloka 3

Droṇa-pātana-paripṛcchā (Inquiry into the Fall of Droṇa) | द्रोणपातनपरिपृच्छा

Devanagari script

तत्रैनमर्जुनश्वैव पार्षतश्न सहानुग: । प्रत्यगृह्नात्‌ ततः सर्वे समापेतुर्महारथा:

Transliteration

tatrainam arjunaś caiva pārṣataś ca sahānugaḥ | pratyagṛhṇāt tataḥ sarve samāpetur mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

అక్కడ అర్జునుడు మరియు పార్షతుడు (ధృష్టద్యుమ్నుడు) తమ అనుచరులతో కలిసి ఆయనను ఎదుర్కొన్నారు; ఆపై సమస్త మహారథులు అక్కడ సమవేతులయ్యారు.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

एनम्him

अर्जुनःArjuna

चand

एवindeed/also

पार्षतश्चthe son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)

सहानुगःtogether with followers

प्रत्यगृह्णात्seized/held back/received

ततःthen/from thereupon

सर्वेall

समापेतुःcame together/assembled

महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Dṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)

followers/retinues (anuga)

mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid warfare, conduct is shaped by order, loyalty, and proper protocol: leaders act with coordinated responsibility, and collective action (assembly of mahārathas) reflects disciplined governance rather than chaos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna and Dṛṣṭadyumna, along with their attendants, formally receive a certain person (‘him’) and then the principal chariot-warriors gather together, indicating a strategic regrouping or organized convergence of commanders.