Shloka 17
Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda
प्रासतोमरसंघाता: खड्गशक्तिपरश्चधा: । ज्वलन्तो निशिता: पीता: खुचस्तस्याथ सत्रिण:,प्रास, तोमरसमूह, खड्ग, शक्ति, फरसे आदि चमचमाते हुए तीखे और पानीदार शस्त्र यज्ञकर्ताके लिये खुक॒का काम देते हैं
prāsatomarasaṅghātāḥ khaḍgaśaktiparaśvadhāḥ | jvalanto niśitāḥ pītāḥ khucas tasyātha satriṇaḥ ||
アンバリーシャは言った。「槍や投槍の群れ、剣、槍、戦斧――燃え立つように輝き、剃刀のごとく鋭く、きらめくそれらも、その祭を行う者にとっては、まるで『クチャ』という無害な道具にすぎぬかのようになる。」
अम्बरीष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that steadfast adherence to dharma—here expressed through the sanctity of sacrifice and disciplined conduct—creates a moral-ritual protection so strong that even the threat of weapons is portrayed as losing its power.
Ambarīṣa describes, in vivid martial imagery, many kinds of sharp, shining weapons and states that for the sacrificer they function as something insignificant or harmless—emphasizing the safeguarded status of one engaged in righteous sacrificial duty.