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

ദ്രോണനിൽ നിന്നും കൃപനിൽ നിന്നും രാമനിൽ നിന്നും (പരശുരാമനിൽ നിന്നും) ചതുര്വിധമായ അസ്ത്രവിദ്യയുടെ സമഗ്രസമ്പത്ത് കൈവരിച്ച്, അവൻ ലോകത്തിൽ മഹാധനുര്ധരനായി പ്രസിദ്ധനായി; ശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരുടെ നിരയിൽ സ്ഥാനം നേടി.

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.