SECTION CXXXV
(Sambhava Parva continued)
"Vaisampayana said, 'When everyone had
failed, Drona smilingly called Arjuna and said unto him, 'By thee the aim must
be shot; therefore, turn thy eyes to it. Thou must let fly the arrow as soon as
I give the order. Therefore, O son, stand here with bow and arrow for an
instant.' Thus addressed, Arjuna stood aiming at the bird as desired by his
preceptor, with his bow bent. An instant after Drona asked him as in the case
of others, 'Seest thou, O Arjuna, the bird there, the tree, and myself?' Arjuna
replied, 'I see the bird only, but nor the tree, or thyself.' Then the
irrepressible Drona, well-pleased with Arjuna, the instant after, again said
unto that mighty car-warrior amongst the Pandavas, 'If thou seest the vulture,
then describe it to me.' Arjuna said, I see only the head of the vulture, not
its body.' At these words of Arjuna, the hair (on Drona's body) stood on end
from delight. He then said to Partha, 'Shoot.' And the latter instantly let fly
(his arrow) and with his sharp shaft speedily struck off the head of the
vulture on the tree and brought it down to the ground. No sooner was the deed
done than Drona clasped Phalguna to his bosom and thought Drupada with his
friends had already been vanquished in fight.
"Some time after, O bull of Bharata's race,
Drona, accompanied by all of his pupils, went to the bank of the Ganga to bathe
in that sacred stream. And when Drona had plunged into the stream, a strong
alligator, sent as it were, by Death himself seized him by the thigh. And
though himself quite capable, Drona in a seeming hurry asked his pupil to
rescue him. And he said, 'O, kill this monster and rescue me.'
Contemporaneously with this speech, Vibhatsu (Arjuna) struck the monster within
the water with five sharp arrows irresistible in their course, while the other
pupils stood confounded, each at his place. Beholding Arjuna's readiness, Drona
considered him to be the foremost of all his pupils, and became highly pleased.
The monster, in the meantime cut into pieces by the arrows of Arjuna, released
the thigh of illustrious Drona and gave up the ghost. The son of Bharadwaja
then addressed the illustrious and mighty car-warrior Arjuna and said, 'Accept,
O thou of mighty arms, this very superior and irresistible weapon called
Brahmasira with the methods of hurling and recalling it. Thou must not,
however, ever use it against any human foe, for if hurled at any foe endued
with inferior energy, it might burn the whole universe. It is said, O child,
that this weapon hath not a peer in the three worlds. Keep it, therefore, with
great care, and listen to what I say. If ever, O hero, any foe, not human,
contendeth against thee thou mayst then employ it against him for compassing
his death in battle.' Pledging himself to do what he was bid, Vibhatsu then,
with joined hands, received that great weapon.
The preceptor then, addressing him again, said,
'None else in this world will ever become a superior bowman to thee. Vanquished
thou shall never be by any foe, and thy achievements will be great.'"
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