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Sri Bhagwan Uvacha
Bethwa idam drona putrasya brahmam astram pradarshitam
Na eva asou veda samharam pranabadha upasthite
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Sri Bhagawan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Uvacha—said, Bethwa—just know it from me, Idam—this, Dronaputrasya—of the son of Drona, Brahma-mastram—hymns of brahma weapon (nuclear), Pradrashitam—exhibited, Na—not, Eva—even, Asou—he, Veda—know it, Samaharam—retraction, Pranabadha—extinction of life, Upastithe—being imminent.
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead said—"just know it from Me that It is an act of the son of Drona by throwing the hymns of nuclear energy (Brahmastra) and the fellow does not know how to retract the glare. He has done it helplessly being afraid of imminent extiction of life.
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The Brahmastra is similar to the modern nuclear weapon manipuated by atomic energy. The atomic energy works wholly on total combustibility and so also the Brahmastra also acts. It creates an intolerable heat similar to the atomic radiation but the difference is that atomic bombs are gross type of nuclear weapons, whereas Brahmastra is a subtle type of weapon produced by chanting the relative hymns. It is a different science and in the days gone by such science was cultivated in the land of Bharatvarsa. The subtle science of chanting hymns is also material and it has yet to be known by the modern material scientists. Subtle material science is not spiritual but it has direct relation with spiritual method which is still more subtler. Such a subtle chanter of the hymns did know bothwise namely how to apply the weapon as well as how to retract it. That was perfect knowledge. But the son of Dronacharya who made use of this subtle science did not know how to retract. He applied it being afraid of his imminent death and thus the practice was not only improper but also irreligious. As a son of a Brahmin he should not have so many mistakes and for such gross negligence of duty he was to be punished by the Lord Himself.
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#dl##dd#śrī-bhagavān uvāca#/dd#
#dd#vetthedaṁ droṇa-putrasya#/dd#
#dd#brāhmam astraṁ pradarśitam#/dd#
#dd#naivāsau veda saṁhāraṁ#/dd#
#dd#prāṇa-bādha upasthite#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śrī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śrī-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhagavān&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhagavān#/i# — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=uvāca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#uvāca#/i# — said; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vettha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vettha#/i# — just know from Me; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=idam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#idam#/i# — this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=droṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#droṇa-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=putrasya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#putrasya#/i# — of the son of Droṇa; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=brāhmam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#brāhmam #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=astram&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#astram#/i# — hymns of the #i#brāhma#/i# (nuclear) weapon; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pradarśitam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pradarśitam#/i# — exhibited; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#na#/i# — not; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#eva#/i# — even; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asau&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asau#/i# — he; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=veda&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#veda#/i# — know it; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saṁhāram&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saṁhāram#/i# — retraction; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prāṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prāṇa-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bādhe&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bādhe#/i# — extinction of life; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=upasthite&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#upasthite#/i# — being imminent.
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Know from Me that this is the act of the son of Droṇa. He has thrown the hymns of nuclear energy [brahmāstra], and he does not know how to retract the glare. He has helplessly done this, being afraid of imminent death.
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The #i#brahmāstra#/i# is similar to the modern nuclear weapon manipulated by atomic energy. The atomic energy works wholly on total combustibility, and so the #i#brahmāstra#/i# also acts. It creates an intolerable heat similar to atomic radiation, but the difference is that the atomic bomb is a gross type of nuclear weapon, whereas the #i#brahmāstra#/i# is a subtle type of weapon produced by chanting hymns. It is a different science, and in the days gone by such science was cultivated in the land of Bhārata-varṣa. The subtle #i#science of chanting hymns#/i# is also #i#material#/i#, but it has yet to be known by the modern material scientists. Subtle material science #i#is not spiritual#/i#, but it has a direct relationship with the spiritual method, which is still subtler. A chanter of hymns knew how to apply the weapon as well as how to retract it. That was perfect knowledge. But the son of Droṇācārya, who made use of this subtle science, did not know how to retract. He applied it, being afraid of his imminent death, and thus the practice was not only improper but also irreligious. As the son of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#, he should not have made so many mistakes, and for such gross negligence of duty he was to be punished by the Lord Himself.
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