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ततस् तु द्रुपदानीकं शरैश् छिन्नतनुच्छदम् ॥
संप्राद्रवद् रणे राजन् निशीथे भैरवे सति ॥
प्रदीपैर् हि परित्यक्तैर् ज्वलद्भिस् तैः समन्ततः ॥
व्यराजत मही राजन् वीताभ्रा द्यौर् इव ग्रहैः ॥
तथाङ्गदैर् निपतितैर् व्यराजत वसुंधरा ॥
प्रावृट्काले महाराज विद्युद्भिर् इव तोयदः ॥
ततः कर्णसुतत्रस्ताः सोमका विप्रदुद्रुवुः ॥
यथेन्द्रभयवित्रस्ता दानवास् तारकामये ॥
tatas tu drupadānīkaṃ śaraiś chinnatanucchadam ||
saṃprādravad raṇe rājan niśīthe bhairave sati ||
pradīpair hi parityaktair jvaladbhis taiḥ samantataḥ ||
vyarājata mahī rājan vītābhrā dyaur iva grahaiḥ ||
tathāṅgadair nipatitair vyarājata vasuṃdharā ||
prāvṛṭkāle mahārāja vidyudbhir iva toyadaḥ ||
tataḥ karṇasutatrastāḥ somakā vipradudruvuḥ ||
yathendrabhayavitrastā dānavās tārakāmaye ||
Then Drupada's army, its armor cut through by arrows, fled in battle, O king, at the dread midnight. By lamps cast aside, blazing everywhere, the earth shone, O king, like a cloudless sky — with stars. Thus with fallen bracelets the earth shone, O great king, in the rainy season, like a cloud — with lightning. Then, in terror of Karna's son, the Somakas scattered, as if seized by fear before Indra like the Danavas in the Tarakamaya war.
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The rout of the army is lit by earth strewn with abandoned fires and fallen ornaments — "like the sky with stars." It is notable that the marks of defeat — spilled light and the jewelry of the fallen — are turned into starry splendor. The verse teaches that even ruin has its mournful gleam: what once adorned and supported the living, having become the dust of the battlefield, glimmers like stars; and in that glimmer is a silent memorial to those who fell and fled here.