Mahābhārata · 1.155.28–29
॥
Devanāgarī
सो ऽहं क्षत्रबलाद् धीनो ब्रह्मतेजः प्रपेदिवान् ॥
द्रोणाद् विशिष्टम् आसाद्य भवन्तं ब्रह्मवित्तमम् ॥
द्रोणान्तकम् अहं पुत्रं लभेयं युधि दुर्जयम् ॥
तत् कर्म कुरु मे याज निर्वपाम्य् अर्बुदं गवाम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
so 'haṃ kṣatrabalād dhīno brahmatejaḥ prapedivān ||
droṇād viśiṣṭam āsādya bhavantaṃ brahmavittamam ||
droṇāntakam ahaṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ yudhi durjayam ||
tat karma kuru me yāja nirvapāmy arbudaṃ gavām ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सः अहम् क्षत्रबलात् हीनः ब्रह्मतेजः प्रपेदिवान्saḥ aham kṣatrabalāt hīnaḥ brahmatejaḥ prapedivān"so I, lacking kshatriya strength, have taken refuge in brahmanic power,
द्रोणात् विशिष्टम् आसाद्य भवन्तं ब्रह्मवित्तमम्droṇāt viśiṣṭam āsādya bhavantaṃ brahmavittamamhaving found you, surpassing Drona, the best knower of Brahman;
द्रोणान्तकम् अहम् पुत्रं लभेयं युधि दुर्जयम्droṇāntakam aham putraṃ labheyaṃ yudhi durjayammay I obtain a son, the destroyer of Drona, unconquerable in battle;
तत् कर्म कुरु मे याज निर्वपामि अर्बुदं गवाम्tat karma kuru me yāja nirvapāmi arbudaṃ gavāmperform that deed for me, O Yaja, [and] I will bestow an arbuda of cows";
सोsooriginal form "so", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽहं'haṃoriginal form "'haṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षत्रबलाद्kṣatrabalādoriginal form "kṣatrabalād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धीनोdhīnooriginal form "dhīno", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्रोणाद्droṇādoriginal form "droṇād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहंahaṃoriginal form "ahaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निर्वपाम्य्nirvapāmyoriginal form "nirvapāmy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"So I, lacking kshatriya strength, have taken refuge in brahmanic power, having found you, who surpass Drona, the best knower of Brahman. May I obtain a son, the destroyer of Drona, unconquerable in battle; perform that deed for me, O Yaja, and I will bestow a hundred million cows."
Versión
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Here Drupada turns spiritual power against spiritual power. Telling is his calculation: to strike down the brahman-warrior Drona requires the might of a still higher brahmanical rite; fire is quenched with a stronger fire. Here it is seen that even the sacred can be turned into an instrument of strife: austerity and sacrifice, good in themselves, are here besought for the sake of murder. Telling too is that the son sought is conceived as "Drona's destroyer" even before birth — a child begotten as a weapon. Thus the scripture shows that enmity drives a man to put even sacred things to evil use; and the rite meant to bring forth life is invoked by Drupada to bring forth an instrument of death.