Mahabharata 7.127.3 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 127, Shloka 3
दुर्योधन-कर्ण-संवादः
Duryodhana–Karna Dialogue on Vyūha-bheda and Daiva
तव प्रियहिते युक्तो महेष्वासो महाबल: । चित्रपुड्खै: शितैर्बाणै: कलशोत्तमसम्भव:
sañjaya uvāca | tava priyahite yukto maheṣvāso mahābalaḥ | citrapuḍkhaiḥ śitair bāṇaiḥ kalaśottamasambhavaḥ | jaghāna somakān rājan sṛñjayān kekayān api |
Wika ni Sanjaya: Sa pagnanais na pangalagaan ang minamahal at kapaki-pakinabang sa iyo, ang makapangyarihang dakilang mamamana—si Drona, na isinilang mula sa marangal na sisidlan—ay nagsimulang bumagsak sa mga Somaka, Sṛñjaya, at Kekaya sa pamamagitan ng matatalim na palasong may makukulay na balahibo.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how devotion to a ruler’s 'dear and beneficial' aims can channel extraordinary skill into lethal action. It invites reflection on the ethical tension between loyalty/duty to one’s side and the escalating harm that such loyalty can produce in war.
Sanjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Droṇa, the powerful master archer, begins a fierce assault—using sharp, feathered arrows—to cut down the Somakas, Sṛñjayas, and Kekayas on the battlefield.
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