ततो निषादराजस्य हिरण्यधनुषः सुतः ॥
एकलव्यो महाराज द्रोणम् अभ्याजगाम ह ॥
न स तं प्रतिजग्राह नैषादिर् इति चिन्तयन् ॥
शिष्यं धनुषि धर्मज्ञस् तेषाम् एवान्ववेक्षया ॥
स तु द्रोणस्य शिरसा पादौ गृह्य परंतपः ॥
अरण्यम् अनुसंप्राप्तः कृत्वा द्रोणं महीमयम् ॥
तस्मिन्न् आचार्यवृत्तिं च परमाम् आस्थितस् तदा ॥
इष्वस्त्रे योगम् आतस्थे परं नियमम् आस्थितः ॥
परया श्रद्धया युक्तो योगेन परमेण च ॥
विमोक्षादानसंधाने लघुत्वं परम् आप सः ॥
tato niṣādarājasya hiraṇyadhanuṣaḥ sutaḥ ||
ekalavyo mahārāja droṇam abhyājagāma ha ||
na sa taṃ pratijagrāha naiṣādir iti cintayan ||
śiṣyaṃ dhanuṣi dharmajñas teṣām evānvavekṣayā ||
sa tu droṇasya śirasā pādau gṛhya paraṃtapaḥ ||
araṇyam anusaṃprāptaḥ kṛtvā droṇaṃ mahīmayam ||
tasminn ācāryavṛttiṃ ca paramām āsthitas tadā ||
iṣvastre yogam ātasthe paraṃ niyamam āsthitaḥ ||
parayā śraddhayā yukto yogena parameṇa ca ||
vimokṣādānasaṃdhāne laghutvaṃ param āpa saḥ ||
Vaishampayana said: "Then the son of the king of the Nishadas, Hiranyadhanus -- Ekalavya, O great king -- came to Drona; but he, the knower of dharma, did not accept him as a disciple in archery, thinking, 'He is a Nishada,' out of regard for those [princes]. He, that scourge of foes, bowing his head to Drona's feet, withdrew into the forest and, having made an image of Drona out of clay, undertook before it the highest service to the teacher, and applied himself with diligence to archery, observing the strictest vow. Endowed with the highest faith and the highest diligence, in releasing, drawing, and nocking arrows he attained the highest dexterity."
6f23e0ec7031 · 发布于 2026年7月12日 16:53:32 UTC
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Here is revealed Ekalavya's wondrous devotion -- and the dark stain of Drona's refusal. It is telling that Drona turns away the most worthy of disciples "because he is a Nishada": scripture does not conceal this, and many rightly see here an injustice, a bias of birth that clouds even a great man. One sees here that rank and birth ought not to bar the path to knowledge, and Drona's refusal is not a model to follow but rather a warning of how worldly prejudice disfigures even a teacher of dharma. Most telling of all is Ekalavya's faith: rejected, he does not turn bitter, but shapes an image of the guru and honors it, and by devotion (śraddhā) alone attains matchless mastery. Scripture opens here its highest lesson: the true teacher dwells in the disciple's heart, and devotion (bhakti) is stronger than any outward instruction; whoever honors the guru in the heart with faith learns even without him. Thus scripture exalts Ekalavya's devotion above Drona's bias.