Shloka 27

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

तैर्वतः सर्वतः शूर: पाउ्चाल्यापसदस्तत:

Transliteration

tair vṛtaḥ sarvataḥ śūraḥ pāñcālyāpasadas tataḥ

Translation

持国王说道：“于是那位英雄被他们从四面八方围困——被般遮罗人中那些卑下不肖之辈所围。”

Word by Word

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

• वृतः: surrounded/encircled
• वृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत (√वृ, वरणे/आवरणे)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• शूरः: the hero/brave man
• शूरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पाञ्चाल्य: of the Pāñcāla (Drupada/Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• पाञ्चाल्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अपसदः: outcast/wretch
• अपसदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपसद
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāñcālas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how moral judgment and partisan emotion shape war-narration: an effective battlefield maneuver (encirclement) is rhetorically reframed as dishonorable by labeling the opponents as “apasada,” reminding readers to distinguish fact from biased evaluation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra reports that a certain hero on the battlefield becomes surrounded on all sides by the Pāñcālas; the wording suggests a tight encirclement and simultaneously conveys contempt toward the encircling force.