Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.195
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7.195.1
अधर्मेण हतं श्रुत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नेन सञ्जय ।
ब्राह्मणं पितरं वृद्धमश्वत्थामा किमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.१९५.१ ॥
O Sañjaya, having heard that his aged brahmin father had been killed unrighteously by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, what did Aśvatthāman say?
7.195.2
मानवं वारुणाग्नेयं ब्राह्ममस्त्रं च वीर्यवान् ।
ऐन्द्रं नारायणं चैव यस्मिन्नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ ७.१९५.२ ॥
In the mighty Aśvatthāman the Mānava, Vāruṇa, Āgneya, Brāhma, Aindra and Nārāyaṇa weapons were always established.
7.195.3
तमधर्मेण धर्मिष्ठं धृष्टद्युम्नेन संयुगे ।
श्रुत्वा निहतमाचार्यं सोऽश्वत्थामा किमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.१९५.३ ॥
Having heard that that most righteous teacher had been slain unrighteously in battle by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, what did Aśvatthāman say?
7.195.4
येन रामादवाप्येह धनुर्वेदं महात्मना ।
प्रोक्तान्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि पुत्राय गुणकाङ्क्षिणा ॥ ७.१९५.४ ॥
That great-souled one who, having obtained the science of archery from Rāma here, taught divine weapons to his son, desiring his excellence.
7.195.5
एकमेव हि लोकेऽस्मिन्नात्मतो गुणवत्तरम् ।
इच्छन्ति पुरुषाः पुत्रं लोके नान्यं कथञ्चन ॥ ७.१९५.५ ॥
In this world men desire one son who is more virtuous than themselves, and no other at all.
7.195.6
आचार्याणां भवन्त्येव रहस्यानि महात्मनाम् ।
तानि पुत्राय वा दद्युः शिष्यायानुगताय वा ॥ ७.१९५.६ ॥
The great-souled teachers indeed have secrets; they may give them to a son, or to a disciple who has followed them.
7.195.7
स शिष्यः प्राप्य तत्सर्वं सविशेषं च सञ्जय ।
शूरः शारद्वतीपुत्रः सङ्ख्ये द्रोणादनन्तरः ॥ ७.१९५.७ ॥
Sañjaya, that disciple, having obtained all of it with its particulars, the hero, Śāradvatī's son, was second only to Droṇa in battle.
7.195.8
रामस्य तु समः शस्त्रे पुरन्दरसमो युधि ।
कार्तवीर्यसमो वीर्ये बृहस्पतिसमो मतौ ॥ ७.१९५.८ ॥
In weapons he was equal to Rāma; in battle, equal to Purandara (Indra); in valor, equal to Kārtavīrya; in counsel, equal to Bṛhaspati.
7.195.9
महीधरसमः स्थैर्ये तेजसाऽग्निसमो युवा ।
समुद्र इव गाम्भीर्ये क्रोधे चाशीविषोपमः ॥ ७.१९५.९ ॥
In steadfastness he was like a mountain; a young man equal to fire in radiance; like the ocean in depth; and in anger like a venomous serpent.
7.195.10
स रथी प्रथमो लोके दृढधन्वा जितक्लमः ।
शीघ्रोऽनिल इवाक्रन्दे चरन्क्रुद्ध इवान्तकः ॥ ७.१९५.१० ॥
He was the foremost charioteer in the world, a steady archer who had conquered fatigue; swift as the wind in the war-cry, moving like an angry Death.
7.195.11
अस्यता येन सङ्ग्रामे धरण्यभिनिपीडिता ।
मेघस्तनितनिर्घोषं कम्पते भयविह्वलाः।
यो न व्यथति सङ्ग्रमे वीरः सत्यपराक्रमः ॥ ७.१९५.११ ॥
When he shoots his arrows in battle, the earth is sorely pressed and trembles, confused with fear, with a roar like thundering clouds. He is the hero who is not shaken in battle, a true man of valor.
7.195.12
वेदस्नातो व्रतस्नातो धनुर्वेदे च पारगः ।
महोदधिरिवाक्षोभ्यो रामो दाशरथिर्यथा ॥ ७.१९५.१२ ॥
Bathed in the Vedas and purified by his vows, master of the science of the bow; unshakable like the great ocean, like Rāma, son of Daśaratha.
7.195.13
तमधर्मेण धर्मिष्ठं धृष्टद्युम्नेन संयुगे ।
श्रुत्वा निहतमाचार्यमश्वत्थामा किमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.१९५.१३ ॥
When he heard that the most righteous teacher had been slain unrighteously in battle by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, what did Aśvatthāman say?
7.195.14
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य यो मृत्युः सृष्टस्तेन महात्मना ।
यथा द्रोणस्य पाञ्चाल्यो यज्ञसेनसुतोऽभवत् ॥ ७.१९५.१४ ॥
The death that great-souled one had ordained for Dhṛṣṭadyumna came upon Droṇa instead, through the Pāñcāla prince, the son of Yajñasena.
7.195.15
तं नृशंसेन पापेन क्रूरेणादीर्घदर्शिना ।
श्रुत्वा निहतमाचार्यमश्वत्थामा किमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.१९५.१५ ॥
When he heard that the teacher had been slain by that cruel, sinful, savage and short-sighted man, what did Aśvatthāman say?