Mahabharata · 7.80.26–27
॥
Devanāgarī
नागो मणिमयो राज्ञो ध्वजः कनकसंवृतः ॥
किङ्किणीशतसंह्रादो भ्राजंश् चित्रे रथोत्तमे ॥
व्यभ्राजत भृशं राजन् पुत्रस् तव विशां पते ॥
ध्वजेन महता संख्ये कुरूणाम् ऋषभस् तदा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nāgo maṇimayo rājño dhvajaḥ kanakasaṃvṛtaḥ ||
kiṅkiṇīśatasaṃhrādo bhrājaṃś citre rathottame ||
vyabhrājata bhṛśaṃ rājan putras tava viśāṃ pate ||
dhvajena mahatā saṃkhye kurūṇām ṛṣabhas tadā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
नागः मणिमयः राज्ञःnāgaḥ maṇimayaḥ rājñaḥelephant, made of jewels, [belonging to] the king; the jeweled elephant, of the king [Duryodhana]
ध्वजः कनकसंवृतःdhvajaḥ kanakasaṃvṛtaḥbanner, covered with gold; standard, overlaid with gold
किङ्किणीशतसंह्रादःkiṅkiṇīśatasaṃhrādaḥringing with a hundred bells; resounding with a hundred small bells
भ्राजन् चित्रे रथोत्तमेbhrājan citre rathottameshining on the many-colored finest chariot; glittering on the ornate superior chariot
व्यभ्राजत भृशम् राजन्vyabhrājata bhṛśam rājanblazed exceedingly, O king; shone brightly, O king
पुत्रः तव विशाम् पतेputraḥ tava viśām pateyour son, O lord of peoples; your son, O ruler of the peoples
ध्वजेन महता संख्येdhvajena mahatā saṃkhyewith the great banner in battle; with the great standard in the fight
कुरूणाम् ऋषभः तदाkurūṇām ṛṣabhaḥ tadāthe bull [among] the Kurus, then; the bull [among] the Kurus, then
Translation
The elephant [made] of jewels was the banner of the king [Duryodhana] — covered with gold, ringing with a hundred bells, shining on the finest many-colored chariot. Your son, O king, lord of peoples, blazed exceedingly then with that great banner in battle — the bull [among] the Kurus.
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Duryodhana's banner — a jeweled elephant in gold, kiṅkiṇīśatasaṃhrāda, ringing with a hundred bells: the pomp of the instigator surpasses all. But the ringing of bells is not the voice of strength, only an ornament; and all this splendor is raised above the one whose falsehood destroys his line. It is telling that the banner shining brightest of all belongs to the one who is the cause of universal calamity. The verse teaches that outward magnificence grows louder the deeper the inner falsehood runs: the bells ring, but they will not avert the fall that pride has prepared.