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Mahabharata · 7.76.30–31
॥
Санджая
Devanāgarī
जयद्रथं समीपस्थम् अवेक्षन्तौ जिघांसया ॥
रुरुं निपाने लिप्सन्तौ व्याघ्रवत् ताव् अतिष्ठताम् ॥
यथा हि मुखवर्णो ऽयम् अनयोर् इति मेनिरे ॥
तव योधा महाराज हतम् एव जयद्रथम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jayadrathaṃ samīpastham avekṣantau jighāṃsayā ||
ruruṃ nipāne lipsantau vyāghravat tāv atiṣṭhatām ||
yathā hi mukhavarṇo 'yam anayor iti menire ||
tava yodhā mahārāja hatam eva jayadratham ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
जयद्रथम् समीपस्थम्jayadratham samīpasthamJayadratha, who is nearby; Jayadratha, who is close
अवेक्षन्तौ जिघांसयाavekṣantau jighāṃsayāsurveying, with the desire to kill; surveying, with the wish to kill
रुरुम् निपाने लिप्सन्तौrurum nipāne lipsantau[like two tigers] eager to seize the ruru deer at a watering place; like tigers, eager for the deer at a watering place
व्याघ्रवत् तौ अतिष्ठताम्vyāghravat tau atiṣṭhatāmlike tigers, those two stood; like tigers, those two stood
यथा हि मुखवर्णः अयम्yathā hi mukhavarṇaḥ ayamfor such is the color of the faces of these two; for such is the look of these two
अनयोः इति मेनिरेanayoḥ iti menireof these two — so they thought; of these two — so they thought
तव योधाः महाराजtava yodhāḥ mahārājayour warriors, O great king; your warriors, O sovereign
हतम् एव जयद्रथम्hatam eva jayadratham[considering] Jayadratha already slain; considering Jayadratha already slain
Translation
Surveying Jayadratha nearby with the desire to kill him, [like two tigers] eager to seize the ruru deer at a watering place — like tigers those two stood. "For such is the look upon the faces of these two" — so your warriors thought, O great king, [taking] Jayadratha as already slain.
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907b9021c2a5 · published Jul 19, 2026, 3:52:56 PM UTC
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The two are "vyāghravat", like tigers over a deer at a watering place: the prey is near. And by their faces the enemies read it: Jayadratha is "hatam eva", already as good as dead. It is significant that the sentence upon the guilty is read from the very countenance of the avengers. The verse teaches that the inevitability of retribution shows itself before the blow falls: the face of one carrying out God's will already proclaims the outcome; and the guilty one, caught in the sight of righteous anger overshadowed by God, is doomed — this is seen before the arrow strikes.