Mahabharata · 7.93.10–11
॥
Devanāgarī
तथैव युयुधानेन सृष्टाः शतसहस्रशः ॥
अवाकिरन् द्रोणरथं शरा रुधिरभोजनाः ॥
लाघवाद् द्विजमुख्यस्य सात्वतस्य च मारिष ॥
विशेषं नाध्यगच्छाम समावास्तां नरर्षभौ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tathaiva yuyudhānena sṛṣṭāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ ||
avākiran droṇarathaṃ śarā rudhirabhojanāḥ ||
lāghavād dvijamukhyasya sātvatasya ca māriṣa ||
viśeṣaṃ nādhyagacchāma samāvāstāṃ nararṣabhau ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तथा एव युयुधानेनtathā eva yuyudhānenaand likewise by Yuyudhana; equally, and by Yuyudhana
सृष्टाः शतसहस्रशःsṛṣṭāḥ śatasahasraśaḥlet loose, by hundreds and thousands; released, by hundreds and thousands
अवाकिरन् द्रोणरथम्avākiran droṇarathamshowered Drona's chariot; pelted Drona's chariot
शराः रुधिरभोजनाःśarāḥ rudhirabhojanāḥarrows, blood-drinking; arrows, drinking blood
लाघवात् द्विजमुख्यस्यlāghavāt dvijamukhyasyain the swiftness of the foremost of the twice-born; in the agility of the foremost of the twice-born
सात्वतस्य च मारिषsātvatasya ca māriṣaand of Satvata, O venerable one; and of Satvata, O honored one
विशेषम् न अध्यगच्छामviśeṣam na adhyagacchāmadifference we did not find; we found no difference
समौ आस्ताम् नरर्षभौsamau āstām nararṣabhauequal were the bulls among men; equal were those bulls among men
Translation
Likewise, arrows let loose by Yuyudhana by the hundreds and thousands, blood-drinking, showered Drona's chariot. In the swiftness of the foremost of the twice-born and of Satvata, O venerable one, we found no difference: equal were those bulls among men.
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a57130af5ec4 · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:08:02 PM UTC
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"Viśeṣaṃ na adhyagacchāma, samau āstām" — one could not tell which of the two was the more skilled: teacher and pupil are equal. It is telling that the master has raised the pupil to his own measure. The verse teaches that the summit of teaching lies in this — that the pupil comes to equal the teacher: where the one who transmits knowledge does not withhold it, there the disciple rises to equality with the master, and the teacher's glory is multiplied by the glory of the pupil.