वनं तु प्रस्थितं रामं भरद्वाजसुतो ऽब्रवीत् ॥
आगतं वित्तकामं मां विद्धि द्रोणं द्विजर्षभ ॥
राम उवाच
शरीरमात्रम् एवाद्य मयेदम् अवशेषितम् ॥
अस्त्राणि वा शरीरं वा ब्रह्मन्न् अन्यतरं वृणु ॥
द्रोण उवाच
अस्त्राणि चैव सर्वाणि तेषां संहारम् एव च ॥
प्रयोगं चैव सर्वेषां दातुम् अर्हति मे भवान् ॥
vanaṃ tu prasthitaṃ rāmaṃ bharadvājasuto 'bravīt ||
āgataṃ vittakāmaṃ māṃ viddhi droṇaṃ dvijarṣabha ||
rāma uvāca
śarīramātram evādya mayedam avaśeṣitam ||
astrāṇi vā śarīraṃ vā brahmann anyataraṃ vṛṇu ||
droṇa uvāca
astrāṇi caiva sarvāṇi teṣāṃ saṃhāram eva ca ||
prayogaṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ dātum arhati me bhavān ||
Drona said [to Rama]: 'Know me, Drona, who has come for wealth, O bull among brahmins.' Rama [answered]: 'Today only my body alone remains to me; weapons or body — choose one of the two, O brahmin.' Drona [said]: 'All weapons, and the secret of their withdrawal, and the use of all of them — may you be pleased to give me.'
a74e5fe86a8f · 发布于 2026年7月12日 17:19:51 UTC
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Here Drona chooses knowledge where another would have taken gold. It is telling that Parashurama, having given away everything, kept only his weapons and his body: the true wealth of the wise is not riches but skill and strength of spirit. Telling too is Drona's choice: having come 'for wealth,' he asks not for gold but for mastery of all weapons — he honors knowledge above money. In this we see that the wealth one seeks can differ: for the wise, imperishable skill is dearer than perishable treasures. Thus the scripture shows that the wise exchange opportunity not for gold but for knowledge; and Drona leaves Rama poorer in coin but richer in an incomparable gift.