Shloka 11
Sainyavinyāsa–Lakṣaṇa (Disposition of Armies and Battlefield Omens) | सैन्यविन्यास–लक्षणम्
शोणैह्हये रुक्मरथो महात्मा द्रोणो धनुष्पाणिरदीनसत्त्व: । आस्ते गुरु: प्रायश: सर्वराज्ञां पश्चाच्च भूमीन्द्र इवाभियाति
sañjaya uvāca |
śoṇaiḥ-haye rukma-ratho mahātmā droṇo dhanuṣ-pāṇir adīna-sattvaḥ |
āste guruḥ prāyaśaḥ sarva-rājñāṃ paścāc ca bhūmīndra ivābhiyāti ||
三阇耶说道：大心的德罗那，精神无惧，手执弓矢，端坐于金色战车之上，车辕系着栗色骏马。作为几乎诸王的师长，他随在其后向战场推进，宛如护国之君出征。此颂凸显师者入阵的道义分量：德罗那作为古鲁的权威与其个人勇武，被置于俱卢之野那场以义务驱动、却充满悲剧的战争洪流之中。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical gravity of leadership and instruction: a guru revered by many kings enters the battlefield with courage and regal bearing. It implicitly raises the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between social role (guru, protector) and the destructive inevitability of war undertaken as perceived duty.
Sañjaya narrates the Kaurava forces moving into battle formation. Droṇācārya, armed with his bow, rides in a golden chariot drawn by chestnut horses, advancing behind the kings—depicted like a bhūmīndra (sovereign) going forth to war.