Mahabharata 7.80.2236 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 80, Shloka 2236

ध्वजवर्णनम् | Dhvaja-varṇanam

Description of War Standards

Devanagari script

यथा जयद्रथं पार्थो न हन्यादिति संयुगे । “यह सब सुनकर दुर्योधन अपने मन्त्रियोंक साथ ऐसी मन्त्रणा करेगा” जिससे अर्जुन समरभूमिमें जयद्रथको मार न सकें

Transliteration

yathā jayadrathaṃ pārtho na hanyād iti saṃyuge |

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు— “పార్థుడు (అర్జునుడు) యుద్ధంలో జయద్రథుని వధించలేకుండా ఉండునట్లు—అని.”

Word by Word

• यथा: so that / in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• जयद्रथम्: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थः: the son of Pritha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हन्यात्: might kill / should kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Jayadratha
• Duryodhana
• ministers/counsellors (mantrins)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how political counsel and battlefield strategy can be directed toward preventing the fulfillment of a warrior’s vowed act. It implicitly raises an ethical tension: intelligence and planning are powerful, but their moral weight depends on whether they serve dharma or merely protect one’s side through obstruction and expediency.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that, after hearing the situation, Duryodhana and his advisers will deliberate on measures to ensure that Arjuna does not manage to kill Jayadratha in the ongoing battle—foreshadowing coordinated defensive tactics around Jayadratha.