यस्मिन्न् अभ्यधिका वीरे गुणाः सर्वे धनंजयात् ॥
यस्मिन्न् अस्त्राणि सत्यं च ब्रह्मचर्यं च नित्यदा ॥
वासुदेवसमं वीर्ये धनंजयसमं बले ॥
तेजसादित्यसदृशं बृहस्पतिसमं मतौ ॥
अभिमन्युं महात्मानं व्यात्ताननम् इवान्तकम् ॥
द्रोणायाभिमुखं यान्तं के वीराः पर्यवारयन् ॥
तरुणस् त्व् अरुणप्रख्यः सौभद्रः परवीरहा ॥
यदाभ्याद्रवत द्रोणं तदासीद् वो मनः कथम् ॥
yasminn abhyadhikā vīre guṇāḥ sarve dhanaṃjayāt ||
yasminn astrāṇi satyaṃ ca brahmacaryaṃ ca nityadā ||
vāsudevasamaṃ vīrye dhanaṃjayasamaṃ bale ||
tejasādityasadṛśaṃ bṛhaspatisamaṃ matau ||
abhimanyuṃ mahātmānaṃ vyāttānanam ivāntakam ||
droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan ||
taruṇas tv aruṇaprakhyaḥ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā ||
yadābhyādravata droṇaṃ tadāsīd vo manaḥ katham ||
He in whom all virtues surpass [even] Dhananjaya [Arjuna], in whom war-craft, truth, and chastity abide unfailingly; equal to Vasudeva [Krishna] in valor, to Arjuna in might, like the sun in radiance, equal to Brihaspati in wisdom -- great-souled Abhimanyu, [going] like Antaka [Death] with gaping maw, straight against Drona -- what heroes held him back? When the youthful, dawn-hued Saubhadra [Abhimanyu], slayer of enemy heroes, charged at Drona -- what then was in your heart?
6951dfb46d39 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 2:46:26 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Abhimanyu is praised above his own father -- 'his virtues surpass even Arjuna': in the young son what flowered in the father has bloomed further still. The image of 'dawn' is tender, while 'Antaka with gaping maw' is fearsome: in him youth's charm and death's inevitability for the foe are joined together. Dhritarashtra's loving grief (we already know Abhimanyu will fall) already sounds here as a premonition. The verse teaches that in a worthy son a father's gifts may grow and surpass the father's own; that youth and valor joined together are beautiful as the dawn and fearsome as death; and that the question 'what was in your heart?' anticipates grief for one destined to fall -- for the shadow of his death already lies upon this praise.