तथैव हस्ताभरणी महामायो ऽङ्गदी तथा ॥
उरसा धारयन् निष्कम् अग्निमालां यथाचलः ॥
तस्य हेममयं चित्रं बहुरूपाङ्गशोभितम् ॥
तोरणप्रतिमं शुभ्रं किरीटं मूर्ध्न्य् अशोभत ॥
कुण्डले बालसूर्याभे मालां हेममयीं शुभाम् ॥
धारयन् विपुलं कांस्यं कवचं च महाप्रभम् ॥
किङ्किणीशतनिर्घोषं रक्तध्वजपताकिनम् ॥
ऋक्षचर्मावनद्धाङ्गं नल्वमात्रं महारथम् ॥
tathaiva hastābharaṇī mahāmāyo 'ṅgadī tathā ||
urasā dhārayan niṣkam agnimālāṃ yathācalaḥ ||
tasya hemamayaṃ citraṃ bahurūpāṅgaśobhitam ||
toraṇapratimaṃ śubhraṃ kirīṭaṃ mūrdhny aśobhata ||
kuṇḍale bālasūryābhe mālāṃ hemamayīṃ śubhām ||
dhārayan vipulaṃ kāṃsyaṃ kavacaṃ ca mahāprabham ||
kiṅkiṇīśatanirghoṣaṃ raktadhvajapatākinam ||
ṛkṣacarmāvanaddhāṅgaṃ nalvamātraṃ mahāratham ||
Likewise adorned with bracelets, the great sorcerer, with armlets too, wearing on his chest a chain, as a mountain wears a garland of fire. His golden, wondrous crown, adorned with figures of many forms, bright as an archway gate, shone upon his head. Wearing earrings like the young sun, a golden garland, beautiful, wearing broad bronze armor, brightly shining -- [a chariot] resounding with a hundred bells, with red banners and flags, its body wrapped in bear-hide, a great chariot the size of a nalva...
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The fearsome rakshasa is adorned with gold, a crown, and earrings 'like the young sun': behind the terrifying appearance is royal splendor. It is telling that Ghatotkacha, savage in form, bears upon himself the marks of dignity and beauty. The verse teaches that a terrifying exterior does not cancel greatness: nobility lives even in a fearsome being; and the adornment of Bhima's son declares that he is no monster from the abyss but a warrior-prince, honored and beloved by his own.