Shloka 10

भीमसेन-दुर्योधन-समागमः

Bhīmasena–Duryodhana Engagement at Sunset

Devanagari script

सेनापतिरमेयात्मा धृष्टद्युम्नो महाबल: । द्रोणेन समरे राजन्‌ समियायोग्रकर्मणा

Transliteration

senāpatir ameyātmā dhṛṣṭadyumno mahābalaḥ | droṇena samare rājan samiyāyogra-karmāṇā ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：大王啊，般度族统帅德里什塔丢摩那——精神无量、力大无比——在战场上与行事凶烈的德罗那相遇交锋。此一相会昭示战争的道德张力：纵为正义之因，亦须直面所敬之长者与师长，在战阵之中，职责与私情相互冲撞。

Word by Word

• सेनापतिः: commander of the army
• सेनापतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनापति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमेयात्मा: of immeasurable self/spirit
• अमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमेयात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: very strong, mighty
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणेन: by/with Drona
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समियाय: met, encountered, engaged
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-या
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular

• उग्रकर्मणा: with fierce deeds / of terrible action
• उग्रकर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्रकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a dharmic struggle, one may be compelled to confront respected elders and teachers; the verse highlights the hard edge of kṣatriya-duty where personal reverence must yield to responsibility in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the Pāṇḍava commander, directly engages Droṇācārya in the battlefield, initiating a fierce clash between two major leaders.