न शस्त्रैः परमैर्युक्तो न च युद्धविशारदः । नवाऽस्त्रैः शूरकोटीनां तज्ज्ञः समरभूमिषु ॥ ७ ॥
na śastraiḥ paramairyuktō na ca yuddhaviśāradaḥ | navā’straiḥ śūrakōṭīnāṁ tajjñaḥ samarabhūmiṣu || 7 ||
Translation
"He is not armed with the best weapons, nor skilled in war, nor does he know, among millions of warriors, the missiles of the field of battle.
Word by word
- na
- not
- śastraiḥ
- with weapons
- paramair
- (paramaiḥ) the best
- yuktō
- (yuktaḥ) armed
- ca
- and
- yuddha
- in war
- viśāradaḥ
- skilled
- astraiḥ
- the missiles
- śūra
- of warriors
- kōṭīnāṁ
- among millions
- tajjñaḥ
- does he know
- samara
- of battle
- bhūmiṣu
- on the fields
Meaning
Śastra are weapons held in the hand, astra those thrown or launched, as a note in another commentary explains. Viśvāmitra will teach Rāma the divine astras on this very journey, in the Rāmāyaṇa.