Shloka 366

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

नाहं मृष्ये हतं द्रोणं सिंहद्विरदविक्रमम्‌ । सिंह और हाथीके समान पराक्रमी, उदार, लज्जाशील और किसीसे पराजित न होनेवाले पुरुषसिंह द्रोणका वध मैं नहीं सहन कर सकता

Transliteration

nāhaṁ mṛṣye hataṁ droṇaṁ siṁha-dvirada-vikramam |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra nói: “Ta không thể chịu nổi việc Droṇa đã bị giết—Droṇa có dũng lực như sư tử và voi.” Lời than ấy phơi bày nỗi đau và sự quyến luyến của một vị vua giữa chiến tranh, khi ngay cả sự ngã xuống của bậc thầy tôn kính cũng trở thành cú chấn động đạo lý và cảm xúc không sao gánh nổi.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• मृष्ये: I endure / tolerate
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: present, ātmanepada, first, singular

• हतम्: slain
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• द्रोणम्: Droṇa
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सिंह-द्विरद-विक्रमम्: having the prowess of a lion and an elephant
• सिंह-द्विरद-विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंह-द्विरद-विक्रम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how attachment and reverence shape moral perception in war: the death of a revered, powerful teacher is not merely a tactical event but an ethical-emotional rupture, revealing the human cost of adharma-driven conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra reacts with anguish upon hearing that Droṇa has been killed, describing him with a heroic epithet—lion-and-elephant-like in valor—indicating both Droṇa’s stature and the shock his fall causes in the Kaurava camp.