Shloka 28

Adhyaya 60: Self-Assertion, Daiva, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability (उद्योग पर्व)

Devanagari script

पितामहमश्न द्रोणश्न॒ कृप: शल्य: शलस्तथा । अस्त्रेषु यत्‌ प्रजानन्ति सर्व तनन्‍्मयि विद्यते,“पितामह भीष्म, आचार्य द्रोण, कृपाचार्य, शल्य तथा शल--ये लोग अस्त्रविद्याके विषयमें जो कुछ जानते हैं, वह सारा ज्ञान मुझमें विद्यमान है”

Transliteration

pitāmaham aśna droṇam aśna kṛpaḥ śalyaḥ śalas tathā | astreṣu yat prajānanti sarvaṃ tan mayi vidyate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Whatever knowledge of weapons and their use is possessed by Grandfather Bhīṣma, by Droṇa, by Kṛpa, by Śalya, and likewise by Śala—every bit of that expertise is present in me.”

Word by Word

पितामहम्grandfather (Bhīṣma)

अश्नI

द्रोणम्Droṇa

अश्नI

कृपःKṛpa

शल्यःŚalya

शलःŚala

तथाand also/likewise

अस्त्रेषुin weapons; in the science of weapons

यत्whatever (which)

प्रजानन्तिthey know

सर्वम्all (of that)

तत्that

मयिin me

विद्यतेexists/is found

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)

Droṇa

Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)

Śalya

Śala

Astra (weapons/weapon-lore)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes