Mahabharata 7.113.50 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 113, Shloka 50

Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)

Devanagari script

द्रोणो न सैन्यं बलवत्‌ क्रामेत्‌ तत्र कथंचन । जहाँ शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाला द्रुपदकुमार संग्रामभूमिमें खड़ा होगा, वहाँ मेरी प्रबल सेनापर द्रोणाचार्य किसी तरह आक्रमण नहीं कर सकते ।।

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |

droṇo na sainyaṃ balavat krāmet tatra kathaṃcana |

yatra śatruvīrāṇāṃ saṃhārakaro drupadakumāraḥ saṅgrāmabhūmau sthāsyati, tatra mama prabale sainye droṇācāryaḥ kathaṃcid api nākrāmitum arhati ||

eṣa droṇavināśāya samutpanno hutāśanāt ||

Translation

ยุธิษฐิระกล่าวว่า “ณ ที่นั้น โทรณะย่อมไม่อาจรุกคืบเข้าตีทัพด้วยกำลังได้ไม่ว่าประการใด เพราะ ณ ที่ใดที่โอรสแห่งทฺรุปทะ ผู้ทำลายวีรชนฝ่ายศัตรู ยืนอยู่ในสมรภูมิ ณ ที่นั้นโทรณาจารย์ย่อมไม่อาจเปิดการโจมตีต่อกองทัพอันเข้มแข็งของเราได้ ผู้นี้บังเกิดจากไฟบูชา ก็เพื่อความพินาศของโทรณะโดยแท้”

Word by Word

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलवत्: powerfully, with force (as an adjective qualifying 'army')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्रामेत्: would advance/attack
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• कथंचन: in any way, somehow (at all)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोण-विनाशाय: for the destruction of Drona
• द्रोण-विनाशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणविनाश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• समुत्पन्नः: arisen, produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुताशनात्: from the fire (sacrificial fire)
• हुताशनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Drupada
• Dṛṣṭadyumna (Drupadakumāra)
• sacrificial fire (hutāśana)
• battlefield (saṅgrāmabhūmi)
• army (sainya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the tension between personal destiny and battlefield ethics: Dṛṣṭadyumna is portrayed as divinely (ritually) ordained for Droṇa’s downfall, suggesting that in war, outcomes are shaped not only by strength but also by prior vows, origins, and moral causality.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira assesses the tactical situation: as long as Dṛṣṭadyumna—the fire-born son of Drupada, famed as a slayer of enemy champions—stands ready, Droṇa cannot effectively press an attack against the Pāṇḍava forces; Yudhiṣṭhira underscores Dṛṣṭadyumna’s specific destiny to bring about Droṇa’s death.