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अथ अब्रवीत् महात्मानं भारद्वाजः महारथम्atha abravīt mahātmānaṃ bhāradvājaḥ mahārathamthen the son of Bharadvaja said to the great-souled maharatha [Arjuna]:
गृहाण इदं महाबाहो विशिष्टम् अतिदुर्धरम्gṛhāṇa idaṃ mahābāho viśiṣṭam atidurdharam"take this, O mighty-armed one, an excellent, formidable
अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरः नाम सप्रयोगनिवर्तनम्astraṃ brahmaśiraḥ nāma saprayoganivartanamweapon named Brahmashiras, together with the [incantations] for its release and recall;
न च ते मानुषेषु एतत् प्रयोक्तव्यं कथं चनna ca te mānuṣeṣu etat prayoktavyaṃ kathaṃ canaand it must never be used by you against men:
जगत् विनिर्दहेत् एतत् अल्पतेजसि पातितम्jagat vinirdahet etat alpatejasi pātitamit would burn up the world, were it launched upon one of little power;
असामान्यम् इदं तात लोकेषु अस्त्रं निगद्यतेasāmānyam idaṃ tāta lokeṣu astraṃ nigadyateextraordinary, O dear one, is this weapon called among the worlds;
तत् धारयेथाः प्रयतः शृणु च इदं वचः ममtat dhārayethāḥ prayataḥ śṛṇu ca idaṃ vacaḥ mamakeep it, being composed, and hear this word of mine:
बाधेत अमानुषः शत्रुः यदा त्वां वीर कः चनbādheta amānuṣaḥ śatruḥ yadā tvāṃ vīra kaḥ canawhen some non-human enemy is overpowering you, O hero,
तद्वधाय प्रयुञ्जीथाः तदा अस्त्रम् इदम् आहवेtadvadhāya prayuñjīthāḥ tadā astram idam āhaveto slay him, use this weapon in battle"
तथा इति तत् प्रतिश्रुत्य बीभत्सुः सः कृताञ्जलिःtathā iti tat pratiśrutya bībhatsuḥ saḥ kṛtāñjaliḥsaying "so be it," Bibhatsu (Arjuna), with joined palms,
जग्राह परमास्त्रं तत् आह च एनं पुनः गुरुःjagrāha paramāstraṃ tat āha ca enaṃ punaḥ guruḥreceived that supreme weapon; and the teacher spoke to him again:
भविता त्वत्समः न अन्यः पुमान् लोके धनुर्धरःbhavitā tvatsamaḥ na anyaḥ pumān loke dhanurdharaḥ"there will be no other man in the world equal to you as an archer"
अथाब्रवीन्athābravīnoriginal form "athābravīn", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भारद्वाजोbhāradvājooriginal form "bhāradvājo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गृहाणेदंgṛhāṇedaṃoriginal form "gṛhāṇedaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्रह्मशिरोbrahmaśirooriginal form "brahmaśiro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मानुषेष्व्mānuṣeṣvoriginal form "mānuṣeṣv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जगद्jagadoriginal form "jagad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विनिर्दहेद्vinirdahedoriginal form "vinirdahed", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतद्etadoriginal form "etad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लोकेष्व्lokeṣvoriginal form "lokeṣv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चेदंcedaṃoriginal form "cedaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वचोvacooriginal form "vaco", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बाधेतामानुषःbādhetāmānuṣaḥoriginal form "bādhetāmānuṣaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शत्रुर्śatruroriginal form "śatrur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कश्kaśoriginal form "kaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रयुञ्जीथास्prayuñjīthāsoriginal form "prayuñjīthās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तदास्त्रम्tadāstramoriginal form "tadāstram", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथेतिtathetioriginal form "tatheti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैनंcainaṃoriginal form "cainaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुनर्punaroriginal form "punar", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वत्समोtvatsamooriginal form "tvatsamo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नान्यःnānyaḥoriginal form "nānyaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुमांल्pumāṃloriginal form "pumāṃl", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the fiercest of weapons is entrusted to Arjuna -- and with it, the strictest of vows concerning its restraint. It is telling that along with the weapon comes the 'incantation of recall' (nivartana) and the prohibition against its use on men: supreme power is granted only together with a strict measure of its containment. The verse displays a crucial principle: great power is dangerous without great self-mastery; only one who has command enough not to use a weapon capable of 'burning the world' is fit to hold it. It is telling, too, that Drona entrusts the Brahmashiras precisely to Arjuna, discerning in him not only skill but the capacity for restraint: the most worthy is not the strongest alone, but the most self-governed. The verse also carries a grim foreshadowing: at the war's end, Ashvatthama and Arjuna will turn this very weapon against each other, and only Arjuna's humility -- his recalling of it -- will save the world, while Ashvatthama's lack of restraint will bring down a curse. Thus, in granting supreme power, the verse affirms that its true measure lies not in might but in the self-command of the one who bears it.