Mahabharata · 5.150.26-27
॥
Devanāgarī
चित्राभरणवर्मोर्मिः शस्त्रनिर्मलफेनवान् ॥
प्रासादमालाद्रिवृतो रथ्यापणमहाह्रदः ॥
योधचन्द्रोदयोद्भूतः कुरुराजमहार्णवः ॥
अदृश्यत तदा राजंश् चन्द्रोदय इवार्णवः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
citrābharaṇavarmormiḥ śastranirmalaphenavān ||
prāsādamālādrivṛto rathyāpaṇamahāhradaḥ ||
yodhacandrodayodbhūtaḥ kururājamahārṇavaḥ ||
adṛśyata tadā rājaṃś candrodaya ivārṇavaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
चित्राभरणवर्मोर्मिःcitrābharaṇavarmormiḥwith waves of colorful ornaments and armor; whose waves were ornaments and armor
शस्त्रनिर्मलफेनवान्śastranirmalaphenavānwith the bright foam of weapons; where gleaming weapons were its foam
प्रासादमालाद्रिवृतोprāsādamālādrivṛtosurrounded by mountain-ranges of palaces; encircled by rows of palaces like mountains
रथ्यापणमहाह्रदःrathyāpaṇamahāhradaḥwith streets and marketplaces as great pools; where roads and shops were vast basins
योधचन्द्रोदयोद्भूतःyodhacandrodayodbhūtaḥrisen with the rising of warrior-moons; arisen with the appearance of moon-like warriors
कुरुराजमहार्णवःkururājamahārṇavaḥthe great ocean of the Kuru king; the vast sea of the Kuru realm
अदृश्यतadṛśyataappeared; seemed
तदाtadāthen; at that time
राजंश्rājaṃśO king; O lord
चन्द्रोदयcandrodayamoonrise; the rising of the moon
इवार्णवःivārṇavaḥlike the ocean; like the sea
Translation
With waves of colorful ornaments and armor, with the bright foam of weapons, surrounded by mountain-ranges of palaces, with its streets and marketplaces as great pools, the vast ocean of the Kuru realm rose up with the rising of its warrior-moons. Then, O king, it seemed like the ocean at moonrise.
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The chapter shows how news of the Pandavas encamped on Kurukshetra turns Duryodhana's fear into military mobilization. He understands that Krishna will tell the Pandavas everything, yet instead of yielding he chooses to prepare for confrontation: camps, roads, weapons, troops, and a city roaring like the ocean before a storm.