Mahābhārata · 7.65.20–21
॥
Devanāgarī
सकुण्डलानां पततां शिरसां धरणीतले ॥
पद्मानाम् इव संघातैः पार्थश् चक्रे निवेदनम् ॥
यन्त्रबद्धा विकवचा व्रणार्ता रुधिरोक्षिताः ॥
भ्रमत्सु युधि नागेषु मनुष्या विललम्बिरे ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
sakuṇḍalānāṃ patatāṃ śirasāṃ dharaṇītale ||
padmānām iva saṃghātaiḥ pārthaś cakre nivedanam ||
yantrabaddhā vikavacā vraṇārtā rudhirokṣitāḥ ||
bhramatsu yudhi nāgeṣu manuṣyā vilalambire ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सकुण्डलानाम् पतताम्sakuṇḍalānām patatāmof [heads] with earrings, falling; of heads in earrings, falling
शिरसाम् धरणीतलेśirasām dharaṇītaleof heads — onto the surface of the earth; of heads — onto the ground
पद्मानाम् इव संघातैःpadmānām iva saṃghātaiḥas if with heaps of lotuses; as with heaps of lotuses
पार्थः चक्रे निवेदनम्pārthaḥ cakre nivedanamPartha made an offering; Partha performed an offering
यन्त्रबद्धाः विकवचाःyantrabaddhāḥ vikavacāḥbound to the harness, without armor; tied to the harness, without armor
व्रणार्ताः रुधिरोक्षिताःvraṇārtāḥ rudhirokṣitāḥtormented by wounds, sprinkled with blood; wounded, covered in blood
भ्रमत्सु युधि नागेषुbhramatsu yudhi nāgeṣu[when] the elephants wheel about in battle; when the elephants wheel about in the fight
मनुष्याः विललम्बिरेmanuṣyāḥ vilalambiremen hung [dangled]; men hung
Traducción
With heaps of falling heads with earrings upon the surface of the earth, as if with heaps of lotuses, Partha made an offering. Bound to the harness, without armor, tormented by wounds, sprinkled with blood — when the elephants wheeled about in battle, men hung [from them].
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«Padmānām iva saṃghātaiḥ… cakre nivedanam», 'made an offering as with heaps of lotuses': the poet beholds the severed heads as a sacrificial offering — lotuses laid upon the altar of battle. The image transforms horror into sacrifice. It is telling that battle is here understood as a sacrifice (raṇa-yajña), in which the fallen are the offerings. The verse teaches the Vedic vision of war as sacrifice: death in a righteous battle is not meaningless but is an offering, and the fallen, like lotuses at the altar, rise to what is higher; thus grief is stilled by the thought of the sacrificial meaning of death within dharma.