विजित्य समरे योधांस् तावकान् भरतर्षभ ॥
दध्मतुर् मुदितौ शङ्खौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ ॥
धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज द्रोणं विद्ध्वा त्रिभिः शरैः ॥
चिच्छेद धनुषस् तूर्णं ज्यां शरेण शितेन ह ॥
तन् निधाय धनुर् नीडे द्रोणः क्षत्रियमर्दनः ॥
आददे ऽन्यद् धनुः शूरो वेगवत् सारवत्तरम् ॥
धृष्टद्युम्नं ततो द्रोणो विद्ध्वा सप्तभिर् आशुगैः ॥
सारथिं पञ्चभिर् बाणै राजन् विव्याध संयुगे ॥
vijitya samare yodhāṃs tāvakān bharatarṣabha ||
dadhmatur muditau śaṅkhau vāsudevadhanaṃjayau ||
dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja droṇaṃ viddhvā tribhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
ciccheda dhanuṣas tūrṇaṃ jyāṃ śareṇa śitena ha ||
tan nidhāya dhanur nīḍe droṇaḥ kṣatriyamardanaḥ ||
ādade 'nyad dhanuḥ śūro vegavat sāravattaram ||
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tato droṇo viddhvā saptabhir āśugaiḥ ||
sārathiṃ pañcabhir bāṇai rājan vivyādha saṃyuge ||
Having abandoned their horses in battle, while others urged [them] on, in confusion they rushed about in that terrible darkness. Having overcome your own warriors in battle, O bull among the Bharatas, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya joyfully blew their two conches. Dhrishtadyumna, O great king, having pierced Drona with three arrows, swiftly severed the bowstring on the bow with a sharp arrow. Having set that bow down into its rest, Drona, crusher of kshatriyas, the hero, took up another bow, swift, more sturdy.
924b330594d7 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:49:34 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Drona, whose bowstring has been cut, does not lose his composure: he calmly sets the bow down 'into its rest' and takes up another, 'sturdier' one. This coolness of the master even under a blow is significant. The verse teaches that a master is not troubled by a single setback: deprived of one instrument, he takes up another, better one without haste; and in this unshaken readiness to go on -- not in flawlessness -- true mastery of one's craft reveals itself.