Word meanings
- droṇam
- Dronacharya
- ca
- and
- bhīṣmam
- Bheeshma
- ca
- and
- jayadratham
- Jayadratha
- ca
- and
- karṇam
- Karn
- tathā
- also
- anyān
- others
- api
- also
- yodha-vīrān
- brave warriors
- mayā
- by me
- hatān
- already killed
- tvam
- you
- jahi
- slay
- mā
- not
- vyathiṣṭhāḥ
- be disturbed
- yudhyasva
- fight
- jetā asi
- you shall be victorious
- raṇe
- in battle
- sapatnān
- enemies
Translations
Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna, and other brave warriors have already been slain by Me; do not be distressed with fear; fight and you shall conquer your enemies in battle.
Drona, Bheeshma, Jayadratha, Karna, and other brave warriors - I have condemned them all. Destroy them; fight without fear. Your foes shall be crushed."
You destroy Drona, Bhisma, Jayadratha, Karna, and the other heroic warriors who have been killed by Me. Do not be afraid. Fight! You will conquer the enemies in battle.
द्रोण, भीष्म, जयद्रथ और कर्ण तथा अन्य सभी मेरे द्वारा मारे हुए शूरवीरोंको तुम मारो। तुम व्यथा मत करो और युद्ध करो। युद्धमें तुम निःसन्देह वैरियोंको जीतोगे।Commentary
Already slain by Me Therefore? O Arjuna, you need not be afraid of incurring sin by killing them. Drona had celestial weapons. He was Arjunas teacher in the science of archery. He was Arjunas beloved and greatest Guru. Bhishma also possessed celetial weapons. He could die only if and when he wanted to die. He once faught singlehanded with Lord Parasurama and was not defeated. So powerful was he. The father of Jayadratha performed penance with a resolve the head of the man who may cause the head of my son to fall on the ground, shall also fall.
During the war, however? Arjunas arrow cuts the head and drops it on the lap of the father who, inadvertently, makes it fall on the ground he too dies at once. Karna, the son of the Sungod, had obtained an unerring missile from Indra.