अर्जुन उवाच
भगवन् ददासि चेन् मह्यं कामं प्रीत्या वृषध्वज ॥
कामये दिव्यम् अस्त्रं तद् घोरं पाशुपतं प्रभो ॥
यत् तद् ब्रह्मशिरो नाम रौद्रं भीमपराक्रमम् ॥
युगान्ते दारुणे प्राप्ते कृत्स्नं संहरते जगत् ॥
दहेयं येन संग्रामे दानवान् राक्षसांस् तथा ॥
भूतानि च पिशाचांश् च गन्धर्वान् अथ पन्नगान् ॥
यतः शूलसहस्राणि गदाश् चोग्रप्रदर्शनाः ॥
शराश् चाशीविषाकाराः संभवन्त्य् अनुमन्त्रिताः ॥
युध्येयं येन भीष्मेण द्रोणेन च कृपेण च ॥
सूतपुत्रेण च रणे नित्यं कटुकभाषिणा ॥
एष मे प्रथमः कामो भगवन् भगनेत्रहन् ॥
त्वत्प्रसादाद् विनिर्वृत्तः समर्थः स्याम् अहं यथा ॥
arjuna uvāca
bhagavan dadāsi cen mahyaṃ kāmaṃ prītyā vṛṣadhvaja ||
kāmaye divyam astraṃ tad ghoraṃ pāśupataṃ prabho ||
yat tad brahmaśiro nāma raudraṃ bhīmaparākramam ||
yugānte dāruṇe prāpte kṛtsnaṃ saṃharate jagat ||
daheyaṃ yena saṃgrāme dānavān rākṣasāṃs tathā ||
bhūtāni ca piśācāṃś ca gandharvān atha pannagān ||
yataḥ śūlasahasrāṇi gadāś cograpradarśanāḥ ||
śarāś cāśīviṣākārāḥ saṃbhavanty anumantritāḥ ||
yudhyeyaṃ yena bhīṣmeṇa droṇena ca kṛpeṇa ca ||
sūtaputreṇa ca raṇe nityaṃ kaṭukabhāṣiṇā ||
eṣa me prathamaḥ kāmo bhagavan bhaganetrahan ||
tvatprasādād vinirvṛttaḥ samarthaḥ syām ahaṃ yathā ||
Arjuna said: "If you are pleased with me and grant a boon, O Vrishadhvaja, I desire your terrible divine weapon, the Pashupata. This raudra-weapon, called Brahmashiras, destroys the whole world at the dread end of the age. With it I shall be able to burn down in battle the danavas, rakshasas, bhutas, pishachas, gandharvas and nagas; from it arise thousands of spears, maces, and serpent-arrows. With it I shall be able to fight against Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, and Karna. This is my first request: may I, by your grace, become capable of this."
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Arjuna's request is immense, yet it is not aimed at caprice. He asks for a power sufficient to meet those who cannot be overcome by ordinary valor.