ब्राह्मण उवाच
गङ्गाद्वारं प्रति महान् बभूवर्षिर् महातपाः ॥
भरद्वाजो महाप्राज्ञः सततं संशितव्रतः ॥
सो ऽभिषेक्तुं गतो गङ्गां पूर्वम् एवागतां सतीम् ॥
ददर्शाप्सरसं तत्र घृताचीम् आप्लुताम् ऋषिः ॥
तस्या वायुर् नदीतीरे वसनं व्यहरत् तदा ॥
अपकृष्टाम्बरां दृष्ट्वा ताम् ऋषिश् चकमे ततः ॥
तस्यां संसक्तमनसः कौमारब्रह्मचारिणः ॥
हृष्टस्य रेतश् चस्कन्द तद् ऋषिर् द्रोण आदधे ॥
ततः समभवद् द्रोणः कुमारस् तस्य धीमतः ॥
अध्यगीष्ट स वेदांश् च वेदाङ्गानि च सर्वशः ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca
gaṅgādvāraṃ prati mahān babhūvarṣir mahātapāḥ ||
bharadvājo mahāprājñaḥ satataṃ saṃśitavrataḥ ||
so 'bhiṣektuṃ gato gaṅgāṃ pūrvam evāgatāṃ satīm ||
dadarśāpsarasaṃ tatra ghṛtācīm āplutām ṛṣiḥ ||
tasyā vāyur nadītīre vasanaṃ vyaharat tadā ||
apakṛṣṭāmbarāṃ dṛṣṭvā tām ṛṣiś cakame tataḥ ||
tasyāṃ saṃsaktamanasaḥ kaumārabrahmacāriṇaḥ ||
hṛṣṭasya retaś caskanda tad ṛṣir droṇa ādadhe ||
tataḥ samabhavad droṇaḥ kumāras tasya dhīmataḥ ||
adhyagīṣṭa sa vedāṃś ca vedāṅgāni ca sarvaśaḥ ||
The brahmin said: 'Near Gangadvara there lived a great sage, a great ascetic, Bharadvaja, the wise, ever firm in his vows. Going to the Ganga to bathe, he saw there the apsaras Ghritachi, who had bathed and arrived before him; the wind on the bank tore away her garment, and seeing her stripped of her covering, the sage desired her. In him, whose mind clung to her, though a brahmacharin from childhood, seed spilled forth in his excitement; that the sage placed into a trough (drona). From that was born Drona, the son of that wise sage; he studied the Vedas and Vedangas in their entirety.'
10540e0b81c5 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:19:51 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here it becomes clear how powerful the senses are, even over an ascetic. It is telling that Bharadvaja, a brahmacharin from childhood, is for a moment overcome by the sight of beauty: the senses are strong, and a lifetime of restraining them does not make a person invulnerable. Here is a warning: until the heart is fixed on the Supreme, even an ascetic is not safe from the agitation of the senses; only attachment to the Lord grants complete protection. Yet it is significant that from this impulse the great teacher Drona is born: providence draws good even out of the involuntary. Thus the scripture reveals both the weakness of the senses and the mercy of providence, which turns the accidental into an instrument of destiny.