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Mahabharata · 7.80.28–29
॥
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Devanāgarī
नवैते तव वाहिन्याम् उच्छ्रिताः परमध्वजाः ॥
व्यदीपयंस् ते पृतनां युगान्तादित्यसंनिभाः ॥
दशमस् त्व् अर्जुनस्यासीद् एक एव महाकपिः ॥
अदीप्यतार्जुनो येन हिमवान् इव वह्निना ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
navaite tava vāhinyām ucchritāḥ paramadhvajāḥ ||
vyadīpayaṃs te pṛtanāṃ yugāntādityasaṃnibhāḥ ||
daśamas tv arjunasyāsīd eka eva mahākapiḥ ||
adīpyatārjuno yena himavān iva vahninā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
नव एते तव वाहिन्याम्nava ete tava vāhinyāmthese nine in your army; here these nine in your host
उच्छ्रिताः परमध्वजाःucchritāḥ paramadhvajāḥraised superior banners; uplifted excellent standards
व्यदीपयन् ते पृतनाम्vyadīpayan te pṛtanāmthey illuminated [your] host; they lit up the army
युगान्तादित्यसंनिभाःyugāntādityasaṃnibhāḥlike suns at the end of an age; resembling suns at the close of an era
दशमः तु अर्जुनस्य आसीत्daśamaḥ tu arjunasya āsītthe tenth, however, belonged to Arjuna; and the tenth was Arjuna's
एकः एव महाकपिःekaḥ eva mahākapiḥone alone, the great monkey; solely the great monkey
अदीप्यत अर्जुनः येनadīpyata arjunaḥ yenaby which Arjuna shone; by which Arjuna blazed
हिमवान् इव वह्निनाhimavān iva vahninālike Himavan by fire; as if the Himalayas by flame
Translation
These nine raised superior banners in your army illuminated [your] host, resembling suns at the end of an age. The tenth, however, belonged to Arjuna — one alone, the great monkey — by which Arjuna shone, like Himavan by fire.
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The nine banners of the Kauravas are yugāntādityasaṃnibhāḥ, like suns at the end of an age: a fearsome image, yet also one foretelling an end. Against them stands the single banner of Arjuna — eka eva mahākapiḥ, the one great monkey, Hanuman. It is telling that against nine luminaries of falsehood, one sign of devotion suffices for Arjuna to blaze forth, himavān iva vahninā, like the Himalayas in fire. The verse teaches that the single thing overshadowed by service to the Lord outweighs the many, however fearsomely they may shine.