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Yada asaranam atmanam aikshata srant avajinam
Astram brahmasiro men atmaranam dwijatmajah.
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Yada—when. Asaranam—without being alternatively protected, Atmanam—his own self, Aikshata—saw, Srantavajinam—the horses being tired, Astram—weapon, Brahmasiro—the top most or ultimate (nuclear), Mena—applied, Atmatranam—just to save himself, Dwijatmajah—the son of a Brahmin.
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When the son of a Brahmin saw it that his horses were also tired, then he considered no other alternative for protecting himself than the use of the ultimate weapon known as Brahmastra (nuclear weapon)
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At the ultimate issue only when there is no other alternative protection or conquering, the nuclear weapon called the Brahmastra is applied. The word Dwijatmajah is significant here because Aswatthama although the son of Dronacharya, he was not exactly a qualified Brahmin. The most intelligent man is called a Brahmin and it is not an hereditary title. Aswatthama was also formerly called as the Brahma-bandhu or the friend of a Brahmin. A friend of a Brahmin or the son of a Brahmin does not mean that one is Brahmin by qualification. Such friend or son of a Brahmin when fully qualified can be called a Brahmin and not otherwise. Aswatthama's decision being immatured he is purposely called herewith the son of a Brahmin.
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#dl##dd#yadāśaraṇam ātmānam#/dd#
#dd#aikṣata śrānta-vājinam#/dd#
#dd#astraṁ brahma-śiro mene#/dd#
#dd#ātma-trāṇaṁ dvijātmajaḥ#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yadā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yadā#/i# — when; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aśaraṇam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aśaraṇam#/i# — without being alternatively protected; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmānam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmānam#/i# — his own self; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aikṣata&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aikṣata#/i# — saw; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śrānta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śrānta-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vājinam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vājinam#/i# — the horses being tired; #i##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# — weapon; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=brahma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#brahma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śiraḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śiraḥ#/i# — the topmost or ultimate (nuclear); #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mene&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mene#/i# — applied; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=trāṇam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#trāṇam#/i# — just to save himself; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dvija&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dvija-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jaḥ#/i# — the son of a #i#brāhmaṇa.#/i#
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When the son of the brāhmaṇa [Aśvatthāmā] saw that his horses were tired, he considered that there was no alternative for protection outside of his using the ultimate weapon, the brahmāstra [nuclear weapon].
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In the ultimate issue only, when there is no alternative, the nuclear weapon called the #i#brahmāstra#/i# is applied. The word #i#dvijātmajaḥ#/i# is significant here because Aśvatthāmā, although the son of Droṇācārya, was not exactly a qualified #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#. The most intelligent man is called a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#, and it is not a hereditary title. Aśvatthāmā was also formerly called the #i#brahma-bandhu#/i#, or the friend of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#. Being a friend of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# does not mean that one is a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# by qualification. A friend or son of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#, when fully qualified, can be called a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# and not otherwise. Since Aśvatthāmā's decision is immature, he is purposely called herein the son of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#.
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