Mahābhārata · 2.15.7–8
॥
Devanāgarī
धनुर् अस्त्रं शरा वीर्यं पक्षो भूमिर् यशो बलम् ॥
प्राप्तम् एतन् मया राजन् दुष्प्रापं यद् अभीप्सितम् ॥
कुले जन्म प्रशंसन्ति वैद्याः साधु सुनिष्ठिताः ॥
बलेन सदृशं नास्ति वीर्यं तु मम रोचते ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
dhanur astraṃ śarā vīryaṃ pakṣo bhūmir yaśo balam ||
prāptam etan mayā rājan duṣprāpaṃ yad abhīpsitam ||
kule janma praśaṃsanti vaidyāḥ sādhu suniṣṭhitāḥ ||
balena sadṛśaṃ nāsti vīryaṃ tu mama rocate ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
धनुः अस्त्रम् शराः वीर्यम्dhanuḥ astram śarāḥ vīryambow, weapon, arrows, valor,
पक्षः भूमिः यशः बलम्pakṣaḥ bhūmiḥ yaśaḥ balamallies, land, fame, strength—
प्राप्तम् एतत् मया राजन्prāptam etat mayā rājanall this I have obtained, O king,
दुष्प्रापम् यत् अभीप्सितम्duṣprāpam yat abhīpsitam[that] hard-won thing which was desired;
कुले जन्म प्रशंसन्तिkule janma praśaṃsantibirth in a [noble] family is praised
वैद्याः साधु सु-निष्ठिताःvaidyāḥ sādhu su-niṣṭhitāḥby the knowing, the good, the well-versed,
बलेन सदृशम् न अस्तिbalena sadṛśam na astibut nothing equals strength;
वीर्यम् तु मम रोचतेvīryam tu mama rocatevalor is what pleases me;
धनुर्dhanuroriginal form "dhanur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अस्त्रंastraṃoriginal form "astraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शराśarāoriginal form "śarā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वीर्यंvīryaṃoriginal form "vīryaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पक्षोpakṣooriginal form "pakṣo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भूमिर्bhūmiroriginal form "bhūmir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यशोyaśooriginal form "yaśo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतन्etanoriginal form "etan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुष्प्रापंduṣprāpaṃoriginal form "duṣprāpaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्yadoriginal form "yad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुनिष्ठिताःsuniṣṭhitāḥoriginal form "suniṣṭhitāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सदृशंsadṛśaṃoriginal form "sadṛśaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नास्तिnāstioriginal form "nāsti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वीर्यंvīryaṃoriginal form "vīryaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
Arjuna said: "Bow, weapon, arrows, valor, allies, land, fame, strength—all this, hard-won and desired, I have obtained, O king. The knowing—the good, the well-versed—praise birth in a [noble] family; but nothing equals strength, and valor is what pleases me."
Versión
e7e80e2948f5 · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:13:23 UTC
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Here Arjuna places valor above lineage. Tellingly, he considers noble birth without active strength insufficient: it is not pedigree but readiness to act that makes a kshatriya. Scripture thus shows that a gift left unused is dead; what follows concerns powerlessness despite every virtue.