प्राक्रोशन् भीमसेनं ते धृष्टद्युम्नरथं प्रति ॥
दृष्ट्वा द्रोणस्य कर्माणि तथारूपाणि मारिष ॥
ब्राह्मणेन तपो नूनं चरितं दुश्चरं महत् ॥
तथा हि युधि विक्रान्तो दहति क्षत्रियर्षभान् ॥
धर्मो युद्धं क्षत्रियस्य ब्राह्मणस्य परं तपः ॥
तपस्वी कृतविद्यश् च प्रेक्षितेनापि निर्दहेत् ॥
द्रोणास्त्रम् अग्निसंस्पर्शं प्रविष्टाः क्षत्रियर्षभाः ॥
बहवो दुस्तरं घोरं यत्रादह्यन्त भारत ॥
prākrośan bhīmasenaṃ te dhṛṣṭadyumnarathaṃ prati ||
dṛṣṭvā droṇasya karmāṇi tathārūpāṇi māriṣa ||
brāhmaṇena tapo nūnaṃ caritaṃ duścaraṃ mahat ||
tathā hi yudhi vikrānto dahati kṣatriyarṣabhān ||
dharmo yuddhaṃ kṣatriyasya brāhmaṇasya paraṃ tapaḥ ||
tapasvī kṛtavidyaś ca prekṣitenāpi nirdahet ||
droṇāstram agnisaṃsparśaṃ praviṣṭāḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ ||
bahavo dustaraṃ ghoraṃ yatrādahyanta bhārata ||
They cried out to Bhimasena, at the chariot of Dhrishtadyumna, having seen such deeds of Drona, O venerable one: "Surely a great and most arduous austerity has been performed by this brahmin, for thus the valiant one in battle burns down the bulls among kshatriyas. Battle is the dharma of the kshatriya; the brahmin's is the highest austerity. An ascetic and one learned [in the Veda] could burn to ashes with a single glance. Into Drona's weapon, with the touch of fire, the bulls among kshatriyas advanced, many, into that terrible, hard-to-cross [weapon], where they were consumed, O Bharata."
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The warriors perceive the source of Drona's power: "brāhmaṇena tapo nūnaṃ caritam" — his martial force is the fruit of brahminical austerity. "Dharmo yuddhaṃ kṣatriyasya brāhmaṇasya paraṃ tapaḥ" — each order has its own path, and what asceticism accumulates burns like fire. It is telling that the teacher's terrible power is traced back to the spiritual force of tapas. The verse teaches that strength born of austerity surpasses the strength of weapons: what asceticism has stored up can incinerate with a mere glance, for spiritual power is prior to bodily power.