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यथाबलं यथोत्साहं यथासत्त्वं महाद्युतिः ॥
मोहयन् सर्वभूतानि द्रोणो हन्ति बलानि नः ॥
तेषां तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा क्षत्रधर्मा व्यवस्थितः ॥
अर्धचन्द्रेण चिच्छेद द्रोणस्य सशरं धनुः ॥
स संरब्धतरो भूत्वा द्रोणः क्षत्रियमर्दनः ॥
अन्यत् कार्मुकम् आदाय भास्वरं वेगवत्तरम् ॥
तत्राधाय शरं तीक्ष्णं भारघ्नं विमलं दृढम् ॥
आकर्णपूर्णम् आचार्यो बलवान् अभ्यवासृजत् ॥
स हत्वा क्षत्रधर्माणं जगाम धरणीतलम् ॥
स भिन्नहृदयो वाहाद् अपतन् मेदिनीतले ॥
yathābalaṃ yathotsāhaṃ yathāsattvaṃ mahādyutiḥ ||
mohayan sarvabhūtāni droṇo hanti balāni naḥ ||
teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā kṣatradharmā vyavasthitaḥ ||
ardhacandreṇa ciccheda droṇasya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ ||
sa saṃrabdhataro bhūtvā droṇaḥ kṣatriyamardanaḥ ||
anyat kārmukam ādāya bhāsvaraṃ vegavattaram ||
tatrādhāya śaraṃ tīkṣṇaṃ bhāraghnaṃ vimalaṃ dṛḍham ||
ākarṇapūrṇam ācāryo balavān abhyavāsṛjat ||
sa hatvā kṣatradharmāṇaṃ jagāma dharaṇītalam ||
sa bhinnahṛdayo vāhād apatan medinītale ||
"According to strength, according to zeal, according to valor, the greatly resplendent one, bewildering all beings, Drona destroys our forces." Having heard that word of theirs, Kshatradharman stood firm and with a crescent-headed arrow cut Drona's bow together with its arrow. He, growing yet more inflamed, Drona, crusher of kshatriyas, took up another bow, radiant and swifter still, set upon it a sharp, heavy-striking, flawless, firm arrow, and drawing it to his ear, the mighty teacher loosed it. It, having slain Kshatradharman, entered the earth; he, his heart pierced, fell from his chariot to the ground.
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Kshatradharman dares to cut Drona's bow — and is struck down at once: the challenge to the invincible is brief. It is telling that his valor, doomed though it was, is nonetheless recorded. The verse teaches that even a brief moment of courage before the formidable is worthy of remembrance: to cut the bow of Drona himself is a feat, even at the cost of life; and one who falls in such daring is not without glory, for he dared what many did not venture.