Shloka 17
कामधेनुसैन्यप्रादुर्भावः
Kamadhenu’s Forces, Visvamitra’s Austerities, and Vasishta’s Wrath
यानि देवेषु चास्त्राणि दानवेषु महर्षिषु।गन्धर्वयक्षरक्षस्सु प्रतिभान्तु ममानघ।।1.55.17।।
yāni deveṣu cāstrāṇi dānaveṣu maharṣiṣu | gandharvayakṣarakṣassu pratibhāntu mamānagha || 1.55.17 ||
আর দেবগণ, দানবগণ, মহর্ষিগণ, গন্ধর্ব, যক্ষ ও রাক্ষসদের মধ্যে যে যে অস্ত্র প্রসিদ্ধ, হে নিষ্পাপ প্রভু, সেগুলি সকলই আমার বোধে স্পষ্ট হয়ে উদ্ভাসিত হোক।
O Irreproachable one! whatever weapons are known to devatas, danavas, maharshis, gandharvas, yakshas, rakshasas, be revealed to me.
FAQs
The verse raises the dharmic question of how power is held: seeking universal weapon-knowledge implies that moral maturity must match capability, otherwise knowledge becomes a cause of harm.
Viśvāmitra expands his request, asking that all classes of supernatural and human weapon-knowledge become available to him.
Intensity of striving for knowledge; implicitly, the need for self-control to govern such knowledge.