Shloka 2536

कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief

Devanagari script

द्रोणेन परमेष्वासौ गमितौ यमसादनम्‌ । भारत! पांचालयोद्धा मित्रवर्मा और क्षत्रधर्मा महाधनुर्धर थे। उन्हें भी द्रोणाचार्यने यमलोक पहुँचा दिया

Transliteration

droṇena parameṣvāsau gamitau yamasādanam | bhārata! pāñcālayoddhā mitravarmā ca kṣatradharmā mahādhanurdharaḥ | tam api droṇācāryeṇa yamalokaṁ prāpitaḥ |

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—اے بھارت! برترین کماندار دَرون نے انہیں یم کے آستانے تک پہنچا دیا۔ پانچال کا یودھا مِتروَرمَا—جو کشتریہ دھرم پر قائم اور عظیم کمان بردار تھا—وہ بھی درون آچاریہ کے ہاتھوں یم لوک کو روانہ ہوا۔

Word by Word

• द्रोणेन: by Droṇa
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमेष्वासौ: the two supreme archers
• परमेष्वासौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• गमितौ: were caused to go / were sent
• गमितौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त (causative) + क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• यमसादनम्: to the abode of Yama (death)
• यमसादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमसादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Yama
• Yamasādana (abode of Yama)
• Yamaloka
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Mitravarmā
• Pāñcāla (people/region)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the tension between dharma and mortality in war: even a warrior who embodies kṣatriya-dharma and martial excellence can be overcome. It points to the sobering ethical reality that battlefield duty and valor do not guarantee survival; outcomes hinge on skill, circumstance, and the inexorable law of death.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Droṇa, famed as a supreme archer, has slain warriors by sending them to Yama’s abode. Among those fallen is the Pāñcāla fighter Mitravarmā, described as a great bowman devoted to the warrior code.