महाभारत · 7.69.39–40
॥
देवनागरी
संजय उवाच
एवम् उक्त्वा त्वरन् द्रोणः स्पृष्ट्वाम्भो वर्म भास्वरम् ॥
आबबन्धाद्भुततमं जपन् मन्त्रं यथाविधि ॥
रणे तस्मिन् सुमहति विजयाय सुतस्य ते ॥
विसिस्मापयिषुर् लोकं विद्यया ब्रह्मवित्तमः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
saṃjaya uvāca
evam uktvā tvaran droṇaḥ spṛṣṭvāmbho varma bhāsvaram ||
ābabandhādbhutatamaṃ japan mantraṃ yathāvidhi ||
raṇe tasmin sumahati vijayāya sutasya te ||
visismāpayiṣur lokaṃ vidyayā brahmavittamaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एवम् उक्त्वा त्वरन् द्रोणःevam uktvā tvaran droṇaḥso having spoken, hastening, Drona; so having spoken, hastening, Drona
स्पृष्ट्वा अम्भः वर्म भास्वरम्spṛṣṭvā ambhaḥ varma bhāsvaramhaving touched water, the shining armor; having touched water, the shining armor
आबबन्ध अद्भुततमम्ābabandha adbhutatamambound on, the most wondrous; bound on, the most wondrous
जपन् मन्त्रम् यथाविधिjapan mantram yathāvidhimurmuring the mantra according to rite; murmuring the mantra according to rite
रणे तस्मिन् सुमहतिraṇe tasmin sumahatiin that mighty battle; in that mighty battle
विजयाय सुतस्य तेvijayāya sutasya tefor the victory of your son; for the victory of your son
विसिस्मापयिषुः लोकम्visismāpayiṣuḥ lokamwishing to astonish the world; wishing to astonish the world
विद्यया ब्रह्मवित्तमःvidyayā brahmavittamaḥby his knowledge, the foremost knower of Brahman; by his knowledge, the foremost knower of Brahman
अनुवाद
So having spoken, hastening, Drona, having touched water, bound on the shining, most wondrous armor, murmuring the mantra according to rite, in that mighty battle for the victory of your son, wishing by his knowledge to astonish the world -- he, the foremost knower of Brahman.
संस्करण
a1c72c2a0a2e · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:45:02 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The donning of the armor is performed as a rite: "spṛṣṭvā ambhaḥ... japan mantram yathāvidhi" -- touching water, murmuring the mantra according to rule. Its power lies not in the metal but in the sacred word of the knower of Brahman. It is telling that even this is clothed in the sacred. The verse teaches that in the Vedic vision even a warrior's protection is a sacrament: the armor is fastened by mantra, and its strength is in knowledge; but even the highest knowledge, placed in service of an unrighteous cause, does not receive blessing, however much it wishes to "astonish the world."