तद् अस्त्रं भस्मसात् कृत्वा तां शक्तिं घोरदर्शनाम् ॥
जगाम स्यन्दनं तूर्णं पाण्डवस्य यशस्विनः ॥
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा द्रोणास्त्रं तत् समुद्यतम् ॥
अशामयन् महाप्राज्ञो ब्रह्मास्त्रेणैव भारत ॥
विव्याध च रणे द्रोणं पञ्चभिर् नतपर्वभिः ॥
क्षुरप्रेण च तीक्ष्णेन चिच्छेदास्य महद् धनुः ॥
tad astraṃ bhasmasāt kṛtvā tāṃ śaktiṃ ghoradarśanām ||
jagāma syandanaṃ tūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavasya yaśasvinaḥ ||
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā droṇāstraṃ tat samudyatam ||
aśāmayan mahāprājño brahmāstreṇaiva bhārata ||
vivyādha ca raṇe droṇaṃ pañcabhir nataparvabhiḥ ||
kṣurapreṇa ca tīkṣṇena cicchedāsya mahad dhanuḥ ||
That [weapon of Brahma], reducing to ashes the terrible spear, rushed swiftly toward the chariot of the illustrious Pandava. Then the greatly wise king Yudhishthira quenched that uplifted weapon of Drona with the very weapon of Brahma, O Bharata; and he pierced Drona in battle with five smooth-jointed [arrows], and with a sharp razor-[headed shaft] cut off his great bow.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Brahma answers Brahma: 'brahmāstreṇa eva… aśāmayat' — the king quenches Drona's weapon with that same supreme weapon, yielding nothing in knowledge. Here Yudhishthira is shown as 'mahāprājña,' greatly wise: his strength lies not in fury but in knowledge, by which he stills the storm. It is telling that wisdom answers weapon with equal knowledge, not blind despair. The verse teaches that only a wisdom equal to it can withstand a supreme force, and that in the direst hour it is not impulse but sober mastery of that same high art which saves.