Shloka 27

Droṇotpattiḥ and Dhanurveda-Prāpti

Origin of Droṇa and Acquisition of Martial Science

Devanagari script

अभाग्यया मया नून॑ वियुक्ता: सहचारिण: । तेन मे विप्रयोगो5यमुपपन्नस्त्वया सह

Transliteration

abhāgyayā mayā nūnaṁ viyuktāḥ sahacāriṇaḥ | tena me viprayogo 'yam upapannas tvayā saha ||

Translation

یقیناً میری بدبختی کے سبب بہت سے جیون ساتھی اپنے اپنے شریکِ حیات سے جدا ہوئے ہوں گے؛ اسی لیے آج آپ سے میرا یہ فراق بھی مناسب ہی ٹھہرا۔

Word by Word

• अभाग्यया: by (me) unfortunate
• अभाग्यया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• नूनम्: surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• वियुक्ताः: separated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-युज् (धातु) → वियुक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहचारिणः: companions
• सहचारिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• विप्रयोगः: separation
• विप्रयोगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपपन्नः: has occurred / has come about
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-√पद् (धातु) → उपपन्न (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: with/by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames personal suffering (separation) as a morally intelligible consequence of one’s own prior actions or disposition—an ethic of self-accountability aligned with karmic causality, expressed through remorse rather than accusation.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker laments an impending or present parting, attributing it to her own ill fortune and implied past wrongdoing—suggesting she may have caused separations among other companions before, and now experiences a similar separation with the addressed person.