Shloka 18

Devanagari script

द्रोणात्‌ कृपाच्च रामाच्च सो&स्त्रग्रामं चतुर्विधम्‌ | लब्धवा लोके5भवत््‌ ख्यात: परमेष्वासतां गत:,वह द्रोणाचार्य, कृपाचार्य तथा परशुरामसे चारों प्रकारकी अस्त्रविद्या सीखकर संसारमें एक महान्‌ धनुर्धरके रूपमें विख्यात हुआ

Transliteration

droṇāt kṛpācca rāmācca so ’stragrāmaṃ caturvidham | labdhvā loke ’bhavat khyātaḥ parameṣv āsatāṃ gataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Nachdem er von Droṇa, von Kṛpa und von Rāma (Paraśurāma) den vierfachen Bestand der Waffenlehre erlangt hatte, wurde er in der Welt berühmt und erreichte den Rang dessen, der zu den Vordersten gezählt wird. Der Vers betont, dass diszipliniertes Lernen unter erhabenen Lehrern, verbunden mit der Meisterschaft des Kriegshandwerks, Ruhm und Stand eines Kriegers erhöht—und deutet zugleich an, dass solche Macht später eine ethische Verantwortung in ihrer Anwendung trägt.

Word by Word

द्रोणात्from Droṇa

कृपात्from Kṛpa

चand

रामात्from Rāma (Paraśurāma)

चand

अस्त्रग्रामम्the collection/array of weapons (missiles)

चतुर्विधम्fourfold

लब्ध्वाhaving obtained/learned

लोकेin the world

अभवत्became

ख्यातःrenowned, famous

परमेषुamong the foremost

आसताम्of those sitting/being (i.e., existing)

गतःgone/attained (a status)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Droṇa

Kṛpa

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

astragrāma (weapon-lore/arsenal)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Mastery gained through proper discipleship under qualified gurus brings worldly renown and high standing, but the implied ethical lesson is that martial knowledge (astra-vidyā) must be governed by dharma, since greater skill amplifies both protection and harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the (previously mentioned) warrior studied weapon-lore from three eminent teachers—Droṇa, Kṛpa, and Paraśurāma—and, having acquired the fourfold body of astra-knowledge, became celebrated and ranked among the foremost.