Mahabharata 7.21.51 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 21, Shloka 51
द्रोणविक्रमदर्शनम् / The Display of Droṇa’s Onslaught and the Debate on Pāṇḍava Regrouping
युधिष्ठिरो द्वादशभिद्रोणं विव्याध सायकै: । धष्टय्युम्नश्व॒ दशभिश्लेकितानस्त्रिभि: शरै:
sañjaya uvāca | yudhiṣṭhiro dvādaśabhir droṇaṃ vivyādha sāyakaiḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca daśabhiś cekitānas tribhiḥ śaraiḥ |
Wika ni Sañjaya: Tinamaan ni Yudhiṣṭhira si Droṇācārya ng labindalawang palaso. Tinusok siya ni Dhṛṣṭadyumna ng sampu, at ni Cekitāna ng tatlo. Ipinakikita ng tagpong ito ang madilim na pag-igting ng digmaan: maraming matuwid at bantog na mandirigma ang nagsasama-sama laban sa iisang maestro ng sandata, at maging ang iginagalang na guro ay nagiging puntirya kapag ang hinihingi ng labanan at katapatan sa panig ay nanaig sa personal na paggalang.
संजय उवाच
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Even in a dharmic framework, war forces painful collisions of obligations: respect for a teacher and the necessity to oppose him when he stands with the enemy. The verse highlights how allegiance and battlefield duty can compel actions that would otherwise be morally unthinkable in peacetime.
Sañjaya reports that multiple Pāṇḍava-side warriors concentrate their attack on Droṇa: Yudhiṣṭhira hits him with twelve arrows, Dhṛṣṭadyumna with ten, and Cekitāna with three, wounding the great commander amid the ongoing battle.
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