SanskritIASTMeaning
एवम् उक्त्वा धर्मराजः तम् अध्यापयत प्रभुः दीक्षितम् विधिना तेन यतवाक्कायमानसम् अनुजज्ञे ततः वीरम् भ्राता भ्रातरम् अग्रजःevam uktvā dharmarājaḥ tam adhyāpayata prabhuḥ dīkṣitam vidhinā tena yatavākkāyamānasam anujajñe tataḥ vīram bhrātā bhrātaram agrajaḥhaving said this, the king of dharma, the lord, instructed him; having consecrated him with that rite, with speech, body, and mind restrained, the elder brother released the hero brother
निदेशात् धर्मराजस्य द्रष्टुम् देवम् पुरंदरम् धनुः गाण्डीवम् आदाय तथा अक्षय्यौ महेषुधीnideśāt dharmarājasya draṣṭum devam puraṃdaram dhanuḥ gāṇḍīvam ādāya tathā akṣayyau maheṣudhīby the command of the king of dharma, to see the god Purandara, having taken the bow Gandiva and the two inexhaustible great quivers
कवची सतलत्राणः बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान् हुत्वा अग्निम् ब्राह्मणान् निष्कैः स्वस्ति वाच्य महाभुजःkavacī satalatrāṇaḥ baddhagodhāṅgulitravān hutvā agnim brāhmaṇān niṣkaiḥ svasti vācya mahābhujaḥclad in armor, with hand-guards, wearing the leather finger-guards, having offered oblation into the fire and had the brahmins pronounce a blessing for gold gifts, the mighty-armed one
प्रातिष्ठत महाबाहुः प्रगृहीतशरासनः वधाय धार्तराष्ट्राणाम् निःश्वस्य ऊर्ध्वम् उदीक्ष्य चprātiṣṭhata mahābāhuḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ vadhāya dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām niḥśvasya ūrdhvam udīkṣya cathe mighty-armed one set out, holding his bow and arrows, for the destruction of the sons of Dhritarashtra, having sighed and looked upward
तम् दृष्ट्वा तत्र कौन्तेयम् प्रगृहीतशरासनम् अब्रुवन् ब्राह्मणाः सिद्धाः भूतानि अन्तर्हितानि च क्षिप्रम् प्राप्नुहि कौन्तेय मनसा यत् यत् इच्छसिtam dṛṣṭvā tatra kaunteyam pragṛhītaśarāsanam abruvan brāhmaṇāḥ siddhāḥ bhūtāni antarhitāni ca kṣipram prāpnuhi kaunteya manasā yat yat icchasiseeing there the son of Kunti with his bow and arrows raised, the brahmins, the siddhas, and the unseen beings said: swiftly attain, O Kaunteya, whatever you desire in your mind
धर्मराजस्dharmarājasoriginal form "dharmarājas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दीक्षितंdīkṣitaṃoriginal form "dīkṣitaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वीरंvīraṃoriginal form "vīraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निदेशाद्nideśādoriginal form "nideśād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्रष्टुंdraṣṭuṃoriginal form "draṣṭuṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देवंdevaṃoriginal form "devaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धनुर्dhanuroriginal form "dhanur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथाक्षय्यौtathākṣayyauoriginal form "tathākṣayyau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सतलत्राणोsatalatrāṇooriginal form "satalatrāṇo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हुत्वाग्निंhutvāgniṃoriginal form "hutvāgniṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धार्तराष्ट्राणांdhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃoriginal form "dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निःश्वस्योर्ध्वम्niḥśvasyordhvamoriginal form "niḥśvasyordhvam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तंtaṃoriginal form "taṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कौन्तेयंkaunteyaṃoriginal form "kaunteyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सिद्धाsiddhāoriginal form "siddhā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भूतान्य्bhūtānyoriginal form "bhūtāny", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षिप्रंkṣipraṃoriginal form "kṣipraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्yadoriginal form "yad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्yadoriginal form "yad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
The warrior's path begins here as ritual service: fire, blessing, self-restraint, and only then the weapon. Strength becomes pure once it is placed beneath dharma.