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गिरिरूपधराश् चापि पतिताः कुञ्जरोत्तमाः ॥
अञ्जनस्य कुले जाता वामनस्य च भारत ॥
सुप्रतीककुले जाता महापद्मकुले तथा ॥
ऐरावणकुले चैव तथान्येषु कुलेषु च ॥
जाता दन्तिवरा राजञ् शेरते बहवो हताः ॥
वनायुजान् पार्वतीयान् काम्बोजारट्टबाह्लिकान् ॥
तथा हयवरान् राजन् निजघ्ने तत्र सात्यकिः ॥
नानादेशसमुत्थांश् च नानाजात्यांश् च पत्तिनः ॥
निजघ्ने तत्र शैनेयः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
girirūpadharāś cāpi patitāḥ kuñjarottamāḥ ||
añjanasya kule jātā vāmanasya ca bhārata ||
supratīkakule jātā mahāpadmakule tathā ||
airāvaṇakule caiva tathānyeṣu kuleṣu ca ||
jātā dantivarā rājañ śerate bahavo hatāḥ ||
vanāyujān pārvatīyān kāmbojāraṭṭabāhlikān ||
tathā hayavarān rājan nijaghne tatra sātyakiḥ ||
nānādeśasamutthāṃś ca nānājātyāṃś ca pattinaḥ ||
nijaghne tatra śaineyaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
"And the finest elephants, bearing the form of mountains, born in the line of Anjana and of Vamana, O Bharata, and in the line of Airavana, and likewise in other lines — the finest tuskers, O king — lie there, many, slain. Satyaki slew there the finest horses of Vanayu, of the mountain-folk, and of Kamboja-Aratta-Bahlika. And Shaineya slew there, by hundreds and even thousands, those risen from various lands and footmen of various races."
6c6fe1ef1d69 · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:08:02 PM UTC
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The finest elephants, "girirūpadharāḥ", like mountains, lie slain: their titanic bulk cannot save them. It is telling that war destroys even the mightiest of dumb creatures. The verse teaches that discord lays low both the mighty and the innocent alike: elephants that resemble mountains and horses of the choicest breeding perish alongside men — and to behold this is a bitter rebuke to war, which drags to ruin even those who bear no guilt in it.