How Drona entered Goloka Vrindavana

[Paramananda das]

BG Verses 1.17-18
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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verses 1.17-18:

काश्यश् च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महा-रथः ।
धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश् च सात्यकिश् चापराजितः ॥ १७ ॥
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश् च सर्वशः पृथिवी-पते ।
सौभद्रश् च महा-बाहुः शङ्खान् दध्मुः पृथक् पृथक् ॥ १८ ॥

kāśyaś ca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahā-rathaḥ |
dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca sātyakiś cāparājitaḥ || 17 ||
drupado draupadeyāś ca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivī-pate |
saubhadraś ca mahā-bāhuḥ śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ pṛthak pṛthak || 18 ||

kāśyaḥ–the king of Kāśī; ca–and; parama-iṣu-āsaḥ–the excellent wielder of arrows; śikhaṇḍī–Śikhaṇḍī; ca–also; mahā-rathaḥ–the great chariot fighter; dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ–Dhṛṣṭadyumna; virāṭaḥ–Virāṭa; ca–and; sātyakiḥ–Sātyaki; ca–and; aparājitaḥ–the unconquerable; drupadaḥ–Drupada; draupadeyāḥ–the sons of Draupadī; ca–and; sarvaśaḥ–all; pṛthivī-pate–Dhṛtarāṣṭra, O lord of the Earth; saubhadraḥ–Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadrā; ca–also; mahā-bāhuḥ–mighty-armed; śaṅkhān–conch-shells; dadhmuḥ–blew; pṛthak pṛthak–distinctly, one by one.

O king of the Earth, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, that great archer the king of Kāśī; the mahārathī Śikhaṇḍī;Dhṛṣṭadyumna; the king of Virāṭa; the unconquerable Sātyaki; King Drupada; the sons of Draupadī; and Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadrā, all one by one distinctly sounded their respective conch-shells.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā
(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

Pāñcajanya and others are the names of conches belonging to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and various warriors on the battlefield. Aparājitaḥ means ‘one who cannot be defeated by anyone’, or ‘one who is adorned with a bow’.

note :

Dhrstadyumna was born out of the sacrificial fire done by king Drupada along with Draupadi ,on the 15th day of the battle of Kuruksetra, Drona killed millions and millions of soldiers on the side of the Pandavas using celestial weapons and was about to whipe out the whole army of the Pandavas , that time Indra appeared and told Drona ,that please do not use futher celestial Divine weapons to kill ,such weapons are unly to be used to defend religion .Drona disagreed with Indra and chastised Indra for havign obtained the natural armor of Karna (since he was the son of the sungod and Kunti).So he told Indra you are taking the side of Arjuna and the Pandavas, but they will win this war I know this but I will keep destroying the Panda army.Indra left ,then Drona killed the king of Virat and King Drupada,, he had wished to use the Brahmastra weapon ,and destroy the remaning Pandava army .Lord Brahma appeared to Drona, who was after all a sage and worshipper or both Lord Krsna and Lord Visnu and urged him not to use the Brahmastra.Though he disagreed with Lord Brahma, he actually never used Divine weapons nor the Brahmastra after that .Krsna came up with a plan to kill Drona, and told Bhima kill this one elephant, do you know his name this elephant is very famous and Bhima understood the elephants names was Asvathama similar to Dronas son Asvathama ..it is said that in the future this Asvathama will become Srila Vyasadeva and write down all the Puranas in the future it is also mentoned by Srila Prabhupada in his purports.SO anyhow Drona heard Asvathama was dead, and Bhima proudly declaring Asvathama is dead.Drona took the chariot to Yuddhistira Maharaja and asked if Asvathama was dead .Yes Asvathama the elephant is dead, Krsna arranged a conschel blew so Drona did not hear the elephant part.Drona lamented and threw his weapons on the ground considering it usless now his son Asvathama was killed. Dhristadyumna fullfilling the vow of his father Drupada to kill Drona and also he was furious because Drona had just killed both King Virat and his father Drupada.He took his sword and beheaded Drona .As a matter of fact Sage Drona had already left his body when Dhristaduymna cut his head off he had meditated on Lord Sri Krsna and entered the abode of Goloka by his meditation like the perfect sage he is