ब्राह्मण उवाच
अमर्षी द्रुपदो राजा कर्मसिद्धान् द्विजर्षभान् ॥
अन्विच्छन् परिचक्राम ब्राह्मणावसथान् बहून् ॥
पुत्रजन्म परीप्सन् वै शोकोपहतचेतनः ॥
नास्ति श्रेष्ठं ममापत्यम् इति नित्यम् अचिन्तयत् ॥
जातान् पुत्रान् स निर्वेदाद् धिग् बन्धून् इति चाब्रवीत् ॥
निःश्वासपरमश् चासीद् द्रोणं प्रतिचिकीर्षया ॥
प्रभावं विनयं शिक्षां द्रोणस्य चरितानि च ॥
क्षात्रेण च बलेनास्य चिन्तयन् नान्वपद्यत ॥
प्रतिकर्तुं नृपश्रेष्ठो यतमानो ऽपि भारत ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca
amarṣī drupado rājā karmasiddhān dvijarṣabhān ||
anvicchan paricakrāma brāhmaṇāvasathān bahūn ||
putrajanma parīpsan vai śokopahatacetanaḥ ||
nāsti śreṣṭhaṃ mamāpatyam iti nityam acintayat ||
jātān putrān sa nirvedād dhig bandhūn iti cābravīt ||
niḥśvāsaparamaś cāsīd droṇaṃ praticikīrṣayā ||
prabhāvaṃ vinayaṃ śikṣāṃ droṇasya caritāni ca ||
kṣātreṇa ca balenāsya cintayan nānvapadyata ||
pratikartuṃ nṛpaśreṣṭho yatamāno 'pi bhārata ||
The brahman said: "Indignant King Drupada, seeking bulls among brahmans skilled in the rites, went about many brahman dwellings. Yearning for the birth of a son, his mind stricken with grief, he thought constantly: 'I have no worthy offspring'; in despair he said of the sons already born: 'Shame on these kinsmen!' — and, full of deep sighs, he longed to repay Drona. Pondering Drona's might, training, learning, and deeds, and his kshatriya strength, the best of kings, though he strove, found no means of revenge, O Bharata."
bc9edf80d82b · 发布于 2026年7月12日 17:19:51 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
Here is revealed how resentment can seize a man entirely. It is telling that Drupada, consumed by the wish for revenge, comes to despise even his own sons: "shame on these kinsmen!" — hatred of an enemy has emptied love for his own kin of its worth. Here one sees how a cherished grudge distorts the very heart: seeking an instrument of vengeance, a man ceases to value what he already has. His helplessness before Drona is telling too: brute force cannot overcome spiritual power. Thus the scripture shows that an unappeased grievance allows no rest and turns every thought toward a single goal; and from this blindness will be born not an ordinary son, but an instrument of fate.