प्रजज्वाल नभो राजन् धूमायन्ते दिशो दश ॥
न स्थातुम् अन्तरिक्षे च शेकुर् आकाशगास् तदा ॥
ततो हाहाकृते लोके सदेवासुरराक्षसे ॥
इदम् अन्तरम् इत्य् एव योक्तुकामो ऽस्मि भारत ॥
प्रस्वापम् अस्त्रं दयितं वचनाद् ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥
चिन्तितं च तद् अस्त्रं मे मनसि प्रत्यभात् तदा ॥
prajajvāla nabho rājan dhūmāyante diśo daśa ||
na sthātum antarikṣe ca śekur ākāśagās tadā ||
tato hāhākṛte loke sadevāsurarākṣase ||
idam antaram ity eva yoktukāmo 'smi bhārata ||
prasvāpam astraṃ dayitaṃ vacanād brahmavādinām ||
cintitaṃ ca tad astraṃ me manasi pratyabhāt tadā ||
The sky blazed, O king, the ten quarters smoked, and the beings moving through the sky could no longer remain in the airy space. When a cry of terror arose in the world, among gods, asuras and rakshasas alike, I thought, 'Now is the moment,' and wished to employ, O Bharata, the beloved weapon Prasvapa, as the knowers of Brahman had told me. I called that weapon to mind, and then it appeared within my mind.
67977ce36ffd · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:42:04 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
In this chapter, the instruction received in sleep turns into action, but before the Prasvapa can be used, the battle reaches its most perilous edge: two brahmastras meet. The world responds not as a spectator but as a living whole — the sky blazes, the quarters smoke, and creatures suffer from the heat. This shows that the supreme weapon is not a mere technique for victory; it touches the very order of the cosmos. Bhishma waits for the moment to use the Prasvapa not out of a wish to destroy Rama, but to halt the destruction without killing his teacher. Thus dharma here calls not for maximum force, but for measure.