अश्वत्थामा सुसंक्रुद्धः संधायोग्रम् अजिह्मगम् ॥
मुमोचाकर्णपूर्णेन धनुषा शरम् उत्तमम् ॥
यमदण्डोपमं घोरम् उद्दिश्याशु घटोत्कचम् ॥
स भित्त्वा हृदयं तस्य राक्षसस्य महाशरः ॥
विवेश वसुधां शीघ्रं सपुङ्खः पृथिवीपते ॥
तं हतं पतितं ज्ञात्वा धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथः ॥
द्रौणेः सकाशाद् राजेन्द्र अपनिन्ये रथान्तरम् ॥
तथा पराङ्मुखरथं सैन्यं यौधिष्ठिरं नृप ॥
पराजित्य रणे वीरो द्रोणपुत्रो ननाद ह ॥
पूजितः सर्वभूतैश् च तव पुत्रैश् च भारत ॥
aśvatthāmā susaṃkruddhaḥ saṃdhāyogram ajihmagam ||
mumocākarṇapūrṇena dhanuṣā śaram uttamam ||
yamadaṇḍopamaṃ ghoram uddiśyāśu ghaṭotkacam ||
sa bhittvā hṛdayaṃ tasya rākṣasasya mahāśaraḥ ||
viveśa vasudhāṃ śīghraṃ sapuṅkhaḥ pṛthivīpate ||
taṃ hataṃ patitaṃ jñātvā dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ ||
drauṇeḥ sakāśād rājendra apaninye rathāntaram ||
tathā parāṅmukharathaṃ sainyaṃ yaudhiṣṭhiraṃ nṛpa ||
parājitya raṇe vīro droṇaputro nanāda ha ||
pūjitaḥ sarvabhūtaiś ca tava putraiś ca bhārata ||
Ashvatthaman, enraged, having nocked a fierce, straight-flying arrow, drew the bow to his ear and loosed the finest shaft. Piercing the heart of that rakshasa, the great arrow swiftly entered the earth with its feathering, O lord of the earth. Seeing him struck and fallen, Dhrishtadyumna, the maharatha, carried him away from Drauni's presence onto another chariot, O lord of kings. Thus, with the chariots of Yudhishthira's army turned to flight, the hero, the son of Drona, having prevailed in battle, roared aloud.
c21f16afc78e · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:40:45 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Ashvatthaman's arrow fells the rakshasa, and Dhrishtadyumna hastens to carry off the wounded one -- comradeship rescues the fallen from beneath the enemy's hand. It is telling that Yudhishthira's army turns and flees -- this night Ashvatthaman overcomes all. The verse teaches that even in the hour of another's triumph, loyalty does not abandon a comrade; and one who carries the wounded from under a death-dealing hand shows a friendship no less valorous than battle itself.