Mahabharata 7.21.61 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 21, Shloka 61

द्रोणविक्रमदर्शनम् / The Display of Droṇa’s Onslaught and the Debate on Pāṇḍava Regrouping

Devanagari script

तांस्तथा भृशसंरब्धान्‌ पञ्चालान्‌ मत्स्यकेकयान्‌ | सृञ्जयान्‌ पाण्डवांश्वैव द्रोणो व्यक्षो भयद्‌ बली

Transliteration

tāṁs tathā bhṛśa-saṁrabdhān pañcālān matsya-kekayān | sṛñjayān pāṇḍavāṁś caiva droṇo vyakṣobhayad balī ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Thấy quân Pāñcāla, Matsya, Kekaya, Sṛñjaya và các chiến binh Pāṇḍava bừng bừng phẫn nộ, Droṇa hùng mạnh đã quăng họ vào cơn hỗn loạn—làm rung chuyển hàng ngũ và ý chí giữa sức ép chiến trường. Câu kệ nhấn mạnh rằng trong chiến tranh, cơn giận có thể bị đối trị và chế ngự bởi kỷ luật, mưu lược và sức mạnh vượt trội, biến nhiệt huyết thành rối loạn.

Word by Word

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• भृश-संरब्धान्: exceedingly enraged
• भृश-संरब्धान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृशसंरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पञ्चालान्: the Panchalas
• पञ्चालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मत्स्य-केकयान्: the Matsyas and the Kekayas
• मत्स्य-केकयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्यकेकय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सृञ्जयान्: the Srijayas
• सृञ्जयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• व्यक्षोभयत्: shook, agitated, threw into confusion
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-क्षुभ्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भयद्: fear-giving, terrifying
• भयद्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बली: mighty, powerful
• बली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Pañcālas
• Matsyas
• Kekayas
• Sṛñjayas
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a battlefield ethic: uncontrolled anger, even when righteous, can be exploited by a steadier and more skilled commander. Strength joined with discipline and tactical clarity can convert an opponent’s fury into confusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Droṇa, facing allied forces of the Pāṇḍavas (Pañcālas, Matsyas, Kekayas, Sṛñjayas, and the Pāṇḍavas themselves) who are highly enraged, powerfully disrupts them—unsettling their formation and momentum in the fight.