Mahabharata 7.97.13 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 97, Shloka 13
शैनेयचरितम्
The Exploits of Śaineya/Sātyaki amid Encirclement
वारयामास तान् द्रोणो जलौघमचलो यथा । पाण्डवान् समरे क्रुद्धान् पज्चलांश्व सकेकयान्
sañjaya uvāca | vārayāmāsa tān droṇo jalaugham acalo yathā | pāṇḍavān samare kruddhān pāñcālāṁś ca sa-kaikayān ||
ముందు నిలిచిన అచల పర్వతం ఉప్పొంగే జలప్రవాహాన్ని ఆపినట్లే, సమరంలో ద్రోణాచార్యుడు క్రోధంతో ఉన్న పాండవులను—పంచాలులు, కేకయులతో సహా—ఆపివేశాడు।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the power of steadiness and disciplined command: like a mountain stopping a flood, a composed and skilled leader can restrain even overwhelming force. Ethically, it also points to the tragic complexity of dharma in war—strength and mastery may serve one side’s duty while obstructing another side’s righteous resolve.
Sanjaya describes Droṇa on the battlefield successfully checking the advance of the enraged Pāṇḍavas, along with their allies the Pāñcālas and Kaikayas, using a vivid simile of a mountain halting a rushing flood.
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