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verses 1-10: Description of Dhanurveda and Mantra:

(a) verses 1-2鈥�惭奴谤迟颈 of Dhanurveda 笔耻谤耻峁�a: The physique of the Mythical dhanurveda puru峁�a is described as -having a reddish complexion, four faces, eight arms and three eyes (two eyes are tawny and in the one in the forehead is reddish). He belongs to the gotra of 艢腻峁卥丑测腻测补苍补 (叠谤补丑尘腻)鈥揌e weilds Vajra, 碍丑补岣峠补, 顿丑补苍耻岣� and Cakra in the four left hands; and 艢补迟补驳丑苍墨, 骋补诲腻, 艢奴濒补 and 笔补峁�峁�颈艣补 in the four right hands.

(b) verses 3-4鈥揗etaphoric description of Dhanurveda-puru峁�a: The dhanurveda puru峁�a is metaphorically portrayed as鈥搘earing the crown of the knowledge of using weapons; having 谤腻箩补苍墨迟颈 as his limbs; mantras as his armour; 耻辫补蝉补峁僪腻谤补 as his heart; 艣补蝉迟谤补 and astra are his earrings; various practices of 艣补蝉迟谤补s as his ornaments and wears garland of victory (over enemies).

(c) verses 5-10鈥揇hanurveda Mantra: Then, 叠谤补丑尘腻 explains the dhanurveda mantra to 笔峁泃丑耻 (verses 6-7):

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This mantra vanquishes enemies, protects oneself and one鈥榮 kith and kin. Its 峁涐梗颈 is 叠谤补丑尘腻 himself, 驳腻测补迟谤颈 is its metre, its 诲别惫补迟腻 is 惭补丑别艣惫补谤补 and its application is that of arinigraha. The japa of this mantra comprising of thirty-two syllables is to be done for 1000 times to attain victory.

From the two verses given in the text the mantra is brought out by the 罢补迟迟惫补惫颈惫峁泃颈 while commenting on verse 10鈥�

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verses 11-5: Classification of weapons:

(a) verses 11-3鈥揟he first type of classification: Mukta鈥搑eleased by hand like arrow; Amukta鈥搆iller of enemy which is held in the hand like sword; 惭耻办迟腻尘耻办迟补鈥揳 combination of the previous two classes and Mantra-mukta鈥�astras are only released and not withdrawn.

(b) verses 14鈥揟he second type of classification: This divides weapons as: 艢补蝉迟谤补, Astra, Pratyastra and 笔补谤补尘腻蝉迟谤补.

(c) verses 15鈥揟he third type of classification: This defines the stages in the 艣补蝉迟谤补prayoga: 膧诲腻苍补鈥搕补办颈苍驳; 厂补苍诲丑腻苍补鈥摇蝉颈苍驳; 痴颈尘辞办峁�a鈥搑eleasing and 厂补峁僪峁泃颈鈥搆illing the target.

verses 16-41: Enumeration of weapons:

叠谤补丑尘腻 says that among these, the first type of classification is popular and hence he enlists them.^[1]

verses 17-8: The 惭耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉:

¹³ Here all the edited commentaries read[...] instead of[...] which is the correct one since the texts reads[...]

¹⁴ There are 12 惭耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉, 20 础尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉, 94 (44+50) 惭耻办迟腻尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉 and 6 惭补苍迟谤补尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉. Altogether 狈墨迟颈辫谤补办腻艣颈办腻 deals with one thirty two weapons.

They are twelve in number鈥�Dhanus, I峁�u, 叠丑颈苍诲颈辫腻濒补, 艢补办迟颈, Drughana, Tomara, 狈补濒颈办腻, 尝补驳耻岣峚, 笔腻艣补, Cakra, 顿补苍迟补办补峁囜弓补办补 and 叠丑耻艣耻峁囜笉颈. This forms the 腻诲测补 辫腻诲补 of dhanurveda.

罢补迟迟惫补惫颈惫峁泃颈 on verses 17-8:

Names of the twelve 尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉 weapons are explained with etymological derivations.

verses 19-21: The 础尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉:

The twenty weapons of this category are鈥�Vajra, 莫li, 笔补谤补艣耻, 骋辞艣墨谤峁�a, Asidhenu, Lavitra, 膧蝉迟补谤补, Kunta, 厂迟丑奴苍补, 笔谤腻蝉补, 笔颈苍腻办补, Gada, Mudgara, 厂墨谤补, Musala, Patti艣a, 惭补耻峁ａ弓颈办补, Parigha, May奴khi and 艢补迟补驳丑苍颈.^[2]

罢补迟迟惫补惫颈惫峁泃颈 on verses 19-20:

No such etymological derivations are found for the twenty a尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉 enlisted here.

verses 22-41: The 惭耻办迟腻尘耻办迟补yudhas:

These are broadly divided into two classes, viz., sopasa峁僪膩ras and 耻辫补蝉补峁僪腻谤补s.

verses 21-7: 厂辞辫补蝉补峁僪腻谤补蝉 (蹿辞谤迟测-蹿辞耻谤):鈥�

顿补峁囜笉补肠补办谤补, Dharmacakra, 碍腻濒补肠补办谤补, Aindracakra, 艢奴濒补vata, 叠谤补丑尘补艣墨谤峁�a, Modaki, 艢颈办丑补谤颈, Dharmap膩艣a, 痴补谤耻峁嘺p膩艣a, Pain膩k膩stra, 痴腻测补惫测补, 艢耻峁�k补, 膧谤诲谤补, 艢ikhar膩straka, 碍谤补耻帽肠腻蝉迟谤补,

¹⁵ 碍丑补岣峠补 for which a separate sarga is allotted (sarga II) is also to be added to this class. This will make the total number of weapons as 133.

贬补测补艣墨谤峁�a, Vidy膩stra, Avidy膩stra, Gandharv膩stra, Nandan膩stra, Var峁�ana, 艢o峁�ana, 笔谤补蝉惫腻辫补苍补, 笔谤补艣补尘补苍补, 厂补苍迟腻辫补苍补, 痴颈濒腻辫补苍补, Madana, 惭腻苍补惫补, 狈腻测补苍补, 罢腻尘补蝉补, Samvarta, Mausala, Satya, Saura, M膩y膩stra, 罢惫腻峁ａ弓谤补, Som膩stra, Samhara, 惭腻苍补蝉补, 狈腻驳腻蝉迟谤补, Garud膩stra, 艢补颈惫补 and 莫蝉颈办补.

罢补迟迟惫补惫颈惫峁泃颈 on verses 22-7

厂辞辫补蝉补峁僪腻谤腻蝉迟谤补蝉 being not easy to define, only simple explanations are found in the commentary.

verses 28-34: 鲍辫补蝉补峁僪腻谤补 (49+1):-

厂补迟测补惫腻苍, Satyak墨rti, Rabhasa, 顿丑峁涐梗峁璦, 笔谤补迟墨丑腻谤补, 础惫腻峁卪耻办丑补, Par膩峁卪ukha, Dh峁涐笉han膩bha, 础濒补办峁�y补, 尝补办峁�y补, 膧惫颈濒补, Sun膩bhaka, Da艣膩k峁�a, 艢atavaktra, Da艣a峁Ｄ玶sa, 艢atodara, Dharman膩bha, 惭补丑腻苍腻产丑补, Tundan膩bha, 狈腻产丑补办补, 闯测辞迟颈峁�a, Vimala, Nair膩sya, K峁浥沘na, Yogandhara, Sanidra, Daitya, Pramathaja, S膩rcim膩li, 顿丑峁泃颈, 惭腻濒颈, V峁泃tim膩n, Rucira, Pit峁泍a, Saumanasa, 痴颈诲丑奴迟补, Makara, Karal墨ra, Dhanarati, 顿丑腻苍测补, 碍腻尘补谤奴辫补办补, 闯峁沵产丑补办补, 膧varana, Moha, K膩maruci, 痴补谤耻峁嘺, Sarvadamana, 厂补苍诲丑腻苍补 and 厂补谤惫补苍腻产丑补办补.

verses 35-6:

Enlisted amongst the 49 耻辫补蝉补峁僪腻谤补 飞别补辫辞苍蝉鈥�厂补迟测补惫腻苍, Sarvadamana, 碍腻尘补谤奴辫补, Yogandhara and 础濒补办峁�y补 are most effective in causing destruction to the demonic weapons like, Ka峁卥al膩stra, Mausal膩stra, K膩p膩l膩stra, 碍补峁卥补峁嘺 and 笔补颈艣腻肠腻蝉迟谤补, which are peculiar to demons.

罢补迟迟惫补惫颈惫峁泃颈 on verses 35:

It says that foreseeing the necessity of curbing demonic weapons that may evolve in the future, Suprabha bore the five anti-demonic weapons.

verses 37-9cd:

Thus 44+5 becomes 49 鲍辫补蝉补峁僪腻谤补 weapons. Sarvamocana, that pacifies all other weapons, is the fiftieth. All these together, formulate the trit墨ya辫腻诲补 of dhanurveda.

罢补迟迟惫补惫颈惫峁泃颈 on verses 37-8:

Explains that the forty-nine 耻辫补蝉补峁僪腻谤补-astras and the Sarvamocana-astra, together form the fifty sons of 厂耻辫谤补产丑腻; the forty-four sopasa峁僪膩ra astras and six mantramuktas, totalling fifty astras are the sons of 闯补测腻.

verses 39cd-41: 惭补苍迟谤补尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉:

The six astras in this category are: Vi艣峁噓cakra, Vajra, 叠谤补丑尘腻stra, K膩lap膩艣aka, 狈腻谤腻测补峁嚹乻迟谤补 and 笔腻艣耻辫补迟腻蝉迟谤补. These are not subdued by any other astras apart from themselves. They form the caturtha辫腻诲补 of dhanurveda.

罢补迟迟惫补惫颈惫峁泃颈 on verses 40-1:

The mantramuktas can be overcome only by themselves and not by any other astra. For instance, 叠谤补丑尘腻stra can be controlled by 叠谤补丑尘腻stra alone and none else. In other words, the 罢补迟迟惫补惫颈惫峁泃颈 explains that an astra invoked with a particular mantra can be nullified by another astra invoked with the same mantra.

verses 42-60: Mythological origin of 艣补蝉迟谤补s:

The legend of 顿补诲丑墨肠颈 giving the mythological origin of 艣补蝉迟谤补s鈥揙nce, when the asuras attacked devas, the latter fled because of insufficient knowledge on 诲丑补苍耻谤惫颈诲测腻. They surrendered their weapons to sage 顿补诲丑墨肠颈 and sought refuge. The sage obliged and using the powers of his penance, converted weapons to spikes and ate them. These weapons, took the position of his bones. For a long time, the weapons remained in the body of the sage. In the meantime, the devas submitted themselves to Lord 叠谤补丑尘腻 and prayed for his help. Moved by their pitiable condition, He instructed the 诲丑补苍耻谤惫颈诲测腻 in full. After being enlightened thus, the devas wished to collect the weapons which they had deposited with the sage. 顿补诲丑墨肠颈, in turn, desired a heavenly status for taking out the weapons from his body, which would claim his life. The devas readily granted him that boon. Out of the thirty-one bones of 顿补诲丑墨肠颈鈥榮 body thirty-one weapons emerged and his backbone became 惫补箩谤腻测耻诲丑腻 of Indra.

It is said that these weapons resemble the shapes of the respective bones in the sage鈥榮 body.

verses 60-4: Conclusion of the second Sarga:

Due to the greatness of 诲丑补苍耻谤惫颈诲测腻, the devas won over the asuras. By understanding the nuances of this science, the kings shall become experts in polity without any doubt. This 尘腻丑腻迟尘测补 says 叠谤补丑尘腻 will benefit the practitioners as well the people who listen to its 尘腻丑腻迟尘测补. 笔腻谤墨办峁�i迟 after thus listening to the words of the 叠谤补丑尘腻, through 痴补颈艣补尘辫腻测补苍补, contemplated on these ideas.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

There are 12 惭耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉, 20 础尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉, 94 (44+50) 惭耻办迟腻尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉 and 6 惭补苍迟谤补尘耻办迟腻测耻诲丑补蝉. Altogether 狈墨迟颈辫谤补办腻艣颈办腻 deals with one thirty two weapons.

[2]:

碍丑补岣峠补 for which a separate sarga is allotted (sarga II) is also to be added to this class. This will make the total number of weapons as 133.