Mahabharata 3.37.5 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 37, Shloka 5
Vyāsa’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira: Pratismṛti-vidyā, Arjuna’s Aśtra-Quest, and the Move to Kāmyaka
दैवं बाह्यें मानुषं च सयत्नं सचिकित्सितम् । सर्वस्त्राणां प्रयोगं च अभिजानन्ति कृत्स्नश:
daivaṃ bāhye mānuṣaṃ ca sayatnaṃ sacikitsitam | sarvāstrāṇāṃ prayogaṃ ca abhijānanti kṛtsnaśaḥ ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「彼らはあらゆる武器の用い方を余すところなく知っている——その威力が神性のものと見なされようと、外来のものとされようと、人の技とされようと。武器を受け取り携え用いるための規律ある鍛錬のみならず、敵が放った武器を無力化するための『治療』——すなわち対抗策と解法——をも心得ているのだ。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mastery is not merely offensive skill: true competence includes disciplined practice, correct handling, and ethical responsibility to protect—especially through knowing how to neutralize harm (the ‘cikitsā’ of weapons) rather than only inflict it.
Yudhiṣṭhira is describing the comprehensive martial expertise of certain warriors: they know every category of weapon-power (divine, external, and human), how to wield and bear arms through effort, and how to counter enemy weapons through appropriate defensive measures.
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