हतेश्वरैश् चूर्णितपत्त्युपस्करैर्; हताश्वसूतैर् विपताककेतुभिः ॥
महारथैर् भूः शुशुभे विचूर्णितैः; पुरैर् इवामित्रहतैर् नराधिप ॥
रथाश्ववृन्दैः सहसादिभिर् हतैः; प्रविद्धभाण्डाभरणैः पृथग्विधैः ॥
निरस्तजिह्वादशनान्त्रलोचनैर्; धरा बभौ घोरविरूपदर्शना ॥
प्रविद्धवर्माभरणा वरायुधा; विपन्नहस्त्यश्वरथानुगा नराः ॥
महार्हशय्यास्तरणोचिताः सदा; क्षिताव् अनाथा इव शेरते हताः ॥
hateśvaraiś cūrṇitapattyupaskarair; hatāśvasūtair vipatākaketubhiḥ ||
mahārathair bhūḥ śuśubhe vicūrṇitaiḥ; purair ivāmitrahatair narādhipa ||
rathāśvavṛndaiḥ sahasādibhir hataiḥ; praviddhabhāṇḍābharaṇaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ ||
nirastajihvādaśanāntralocanair; dharā babhau ghoravirūpadarśanā ||
praviddhavarmābharaṇā varāyudhā; vipannahastyaśvarathānugā narāḥ ||
mahārhaśayyāstaraṇocitāḥ sadā; kṣitāv anāthā iva śerate hatāḥ ||
With fallen lords, pulverized gear and infantry, fallen horses and charioteers, stripped of banners and standards — with great chariots smashed, the earth gleamed like cities laid waste by the foe, O sovereign. With throngs of chariots and horses struck down by hundreds at a time, with gear and adornments of every sort strewn about, with tongues, teeth, entrails and eyes fallen out — the earth showed itself of dreadful, hideous form. Men who had shed their armor and adornments, bearing fine weapons, their host of elephants, horses and chariots destroyed, forever used to sumptuous beds and coverings, lie struck down on the bare earth as though forsaken.
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"Mahārha-śayyā-staraṇa-ucitāḥ… kṣitau anāthāḥ iva śerate" — those accustomed to costly beds lie on bare earth "as though forsaken." In this one image lies the whole truth of war: it levels princes with the destitute, stripping away both splendor and kin. "Puraiḥ iva amitrahataiḥ," "like cities laid waste by the enemy," widens the death to the ruin of whole towns. It is telling that the recurring "śuśubhe / babhau" — the field now "gleams," now "shows its hideousness" — the very same sight is both splendid and horrifying. The verse teaches us to see beneath the pageantry of war its true end: homelessness and decay.