पपात महती चोल्का आदित्यान् निर्गतेव ह ॥
दीपयन्तीव तापेन शंसन्तीव महद् भयम् ॥
जज्वलुश् चैव शस्त्राणि भारद्वाजस्य मारिष ॥
रथाः स्वनन्ति चात्यर्थं हयाश् चाश्रूण्य् अवासृजन् ॥
हतौजा इव चाप्य् आसीद् भारद्वाजो महारथः ॥
ऋषीणां ब्रह्मवादानां स्वर्गस्य गमनं प्रति ॥
सुयुद्धेन ततः प्राणान् उत्स्रष्टुम् उपचक्रमे ॥
papāta mahatī colkā ādityān nirgateva ha ||
dīpayantīva tāpena śaṃsantīva mahad bhayam ||
jajvaluś caiva śastrāṇi bhāradvājasya māriṣa ||
rathāḥ svananti cātyarthaṃ hayāś cāśrūṇy avāsṛjan ||
hataujā iva cāpy āsīd bhāradvājo mahārathaḥ ||
ṛṣīṇāṃ brahmavādānāṃ svargasya gamanaṃ prati ||
suyuddhena tataḥ prāṇān utsraṣṭum upacakrame ||
A great meteor fell, as though issued from the sun, as though blazing with heat, as though proclaiming great terror. And the weapons of Bharadvaja blazed up, O worthy one; the chariots rang out excessively, and the horses shed tears. And, as though drained of strength, Bharadvaja, the great charioteer, became; as of the seers, proclaimers of Brahman, for the sake of ascending to heaven, he began to prepare to release his life through a noble fight.
e4fd3cb7ccd0 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 5:08:17 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The omens gather thick — a meteor, blazing weapons, weeping horses — and Drona himself seems to lose his strength: the body senses the parting of the spirit. It is telling that his goal is a departure "as of the seers, proclaimers of Brahman": he plots not defeat but ascent, turning the battle itself into a means of liberation. The verse teaches that for one established in knowledge, death in the discharge of duty is a gateway to heaven; and the weeping of the horses mourns not the hero's weakness but the nearing parting from one who was dear to them.