Shloka 32
यो हाानस्त्रविदो हन्याद् ब्रह्मास्त्रै: क्रोधमूर्च्छित: । सर्वोपायैर्न स कथं वध्य: पुरुषसत्तम,पुरुषप्रवर! जो क्रोधसे व्याकुल होकर ब्रह्मास्त्र न जाननेवालोंको भी ब्रह्मास्त्रसे ही मार डाले, उसका सभी उपायोंसे वध करना कैसे उचित नहीं है?
yo hānastravido hanyād brahmāstraiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | sarvopāyair na sa kathaṃ vadhyaḥ puruṣasattama puruṣapravara ||
ທຣິດສະຕະດຍຸມນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນບຸລຸດ! ຖ້າຜູ້ໃດຖືກຄວາມໂກດຄອບງຳ ແລ້ວໃຊ້ ພຣະຫມາສະຕຣະ ຂ້າແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ທີ່ບໍ່ຮູ້ຈັກພຣະຫມາສະຕຣະ ດ້ວຍພຣະຫມາສະຕຣະເອງ ແລ້ວຈະວ່າການປະຫານເຂົາດ້ວຍທຸກວິທີທາງ ບໍ່ສົມຄວນໄດ້ແນວໃດ?»
धष्टहुम्न उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical argument about proportional response in war: a combatant who, blinded by rage, uses the most destructive weaponry against even the untrained violates restraint, and thus is argued to forfeit protection—making his killing by any means defensible within the speaker’s wartime moral logic.
Dhṛṣṭadyumna addresses a respected warrior, pressing the case that an enraged fighter who deploys Brahmāstra against those lacking knowledge of such weapons should be treated as ‘vadhya’ (liable to be slain), even through unconventional or comprehensive measures.