Concept
梵天法宝
ब्रह्मास्त्रBrahmāstra
- verses
- 157
- books
- 14
- chapters
- 95
What the texts say
The Brahmastra (Brahmāstra) is a supreme divine weapon, which the Padma Purana says the god Brahma bestowed. Padma Purana 2.110.18Mahabharata (Gita Press) 1.166.13 In the Ramayana, Hanuman recalls that Brahma's mantras empowered the Brahmastra, and remembers Brahma's boon to him. Ramayana 5.48.40 In the Mahabharata, Karna says he won it from his teacher Parashurama by posing as a Brahmin, and was cursed to forget it when needed. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 5.61.2Mahabharata 12.3.30 Later in the same epic, Ashvatthama, Drona's son, looses it to destroy the Pandavas' unborn heir. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 1.1.213Mahabharata 14.67.16 The Mahabharata then tells how Krishna withdraws it, and says the child will attain a long life. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 14.69.16Mahabharata 10.16.8
Where to read
Every verse that names 梵天法宝, book by book.
- 5.67.12
你从席垫上取起一茎达尔婆草,以梵天神兵(Brahmā-astra)加持其上;它如劫末之火般炽燃,迎面迸发,直向那鸟飞去。
- 1.27.4
罗伽婆啊,我将赐你那伟大而天界的“惩罚之轮”。继而,勇士啊,我又授你“法轮”、 “时轮”,以及极其猛烈的“毗湿奴之轮”,并同赐因陀罗之神兵。人中至胜者啊,我亦赐你金刚之武、湿婆至上的三叉戟、梵天首(Brahmaśiras)之兵,以及阿伊希迦(Aiṣīka)之兵,罗伽婆啊。大臂者,我还将那无与伦比的梵天神兵一并授予你。
- 1.56.13
婆悉吒——梵天之子——以其杖吞没了那一切兵器。待诸兵皆息,迦提之子(毗湿瓦蜜多罗)便掷出“梵天神箭(Brahmāstra)”。
- 5.67.12
Padma Purana
12 verses · 7 chapters
Key chapters
The chapters where 梵天法宝 matters most.
Token of Recognition and the Crow-Brahmāstra Episode
Dharma-bound divine missile
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