Mahābhārata · 7.80.22–23
॥
Devanāgarī
सौमदत्तेः पुनर् यूपो यज्ञशीलस्य धीमतः ॥
ध्वजः सूर्य इवाभाति सोमश् चात्र प्रदृश्यते ॥
स यूपः काञ्चनो राजन् सौमदत्तेर् विराजते ॥
राजसूये मखश्रेष्ठे यथा यूपः समुच्छ्रितः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
saumadatteḥ punar yūpo yajñaśīlasya dhīmataḥ ||
dhvajaḥ sūrya ivābhāti somaś cātra pradṛśyate ||
sa yūpaḥ kāñcano rājan saumadatter virājate ||
rājasūye makhaśreṣṭhe yathā yūpaḥ samucchritaḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सौमदत्तेः पुनः यूपःsaumadatteḥ punaḥ yūpaḥof Somadatta's son, moreover, a [sacrificial] post; Somadatta's son's [Bhurishravas's] sacrificial stake
यज्ञशीलस्य धीमतःyajñaśīlasya dhīmataḥdevout in sacrifices, wise; accustomed to sacrifices, discerning
ध्वजः सूर्यः इव आभातिdhvajaḥ sūryaḥ iva ābhātithe banner shines like the sun; the standard gleams like the sun
सोमः च अत्र प्रदृश्यतेsomaḥ ca atra pradṛśyateand the moon is seen here; and the moon is discernible here
सः यूपः काञ्चनः राजन्saḥ yūpaḥ kāñcanaḥ rājanthat golden post, O king; that golden stake, O king
सौमदत्तेः विराजतेsaumadatteḥ virājateshines upon Somadatta's son; gleams upon Somadatta's son
राजसूये मखश्रेष्ठेrājasūye makhaśreṣṭhe[as] at the Rajasuya, best of sacrifices; [as] at the Rajasuya, the finest sacrifice
यथा यूपः समुच्छ्रितःyathā yūpaḥ samucchritaḥlike the post raised on high; like the sacrificial stake lifted up
Traducción
"Of Somadatta's son [Bhurishravas], devout in sacrifices, wise, the banner — a [sacrificial] post — shines like the sun, and the moon too is seen here. That golden post, O king, shines upon Somadatta's son, as the raised post at the Rajasuya, best of sacrifices."
Versión
dd8cb4f51993 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:52:57 UTC
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Bhurishravas's emblem is the "yūpa", the sacrificial post, as at the Rajasuya: the sign of one who is "yajñaśīla", devoted to sacrifice. But the battle itself will turn into a sacrifice for him — he will fall here as an offering. It is telling that the sign of a sacred rite shades one going to his death. The verse teaches that all warfare appears as a sacrifice, where warriors are both priests and victims; and whoever bears a sacrificial post on his banner is destined himself to become an offering on the altar of war.