Mahābhārata 7.82.5–7

Jayadratha-vadha-parva (The Outcome of the Duels)7.82.5–7

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Mahābhārata · 7.82.5–7

॥

Devanāgarī

अथान्यद् धनुर् आदाय बृहत्क्षत्रो हसन्न् इव ॥
व्यश्वसूतध्वजं चक्रे क्षेमधूर्तिं महारथम् ॥
ततो ऽपरेण भल्लेन पीतेन निशितेन च ॥
जहार नृपतेः कायाच् छिरो ज्वलितकुण्डलम् ॥
तच् छिन्नं सहसा तस्य शिरः कुञ्चितमूर्धजम् ॥
सकिरीटं महीं प्राप्य बभौ ज्योतिर् इवाम्बरात् ॥

Transliteración (IAST)

athānyad dhanur ādāya bṛhatkṣatro hasann iva ||
vyaśvasūtadhvajaṃ cakre kṣemadhūrtiṃ mahāratham ||
tato 'pareṇa bhallena pītena niśitena ca ||
jahāra nṛpateḥ kāyāc chiro jvalitakuṇḍalam ||
tac chinnaṃ sahasā tasya śiraḥ kuñcitamūrdhajam ||
sakirīṭaṃ mahīṃ prāpya babhau jyotir ivāmbarāt ||

Palabra por palabra

SánscritoIASTSignificado

अथ अन्यत् धनुः आदायatha anyat dhanuḥ ādāyathen, taking up another bow; then, having taken another bow

बृहत्क्षत्रः हसन् इवbṛhatkṣatraḥ hasan ivaBrihatkshatra, as though laughing; Brihatkshatra, as if smiling

व्यश्वसूतध्वजम् चक्रेvyaśvasūtadhvajam cakremade [him] deprived of horses, charioteer, banner; stripped [him] of horses, charioteer, and standard

क्षेमधूर्तिम् महारथम्kṣemadhūrtim mahārathamKshemadhurti, the great warrior; Kshemadhurti, the mahartha

ततः अपरेण भल्लेनtataḥ apareṇa bhallenathen with another broad-headed [arrow]; then with another bhalla

पीतेन निशितेन चpītena niśitena cayellow and sharpened; yellow and sharpened

जहार नृपतेः कायात्jahāra nṛpateḥ kāyātswept from the king's body; carried off from the king's body

शिरः ज्वलितकुण्डलम्śiraḥ jvalitakuṇḍalamthe head with blazing earrings; the head with flaming earrings

तत् छिन्नम् सहसा तस्यtat chinnam sahasā tasyathat suddenly severed head of his; that head of his, suddenly severed

शिरः कुञ्चितमूर्धजम्śiraḥ kuñcitamūrdhajamhead with curly hair; head with wavy hair

सकिरीटम् महीम् प्राप्यsakirīṭam mahīm prāpyawith its diadem, reaching the earth; with its diadem, having fallen to the ground

बभौ ज्योतिः इव अम्बरात्babhau jyotiḥ iva ambarātshone forth, like a luminary from the sky; gleamed, like a star from the heavens

Traducción

Then, taking up another bow, Brihatkshatra, as though laughing, stripped Kshemadhurti, the great warrior, of his horses, charioteer, and banner; then with another yellow, sharpened, broad-headed arrow he swept the head, with its blazing earrings, from the king's body. That head of his, suddenly severed, with its curly hair and its diadem, falling to the earth, shone forth like a luminary from the sky.

Comentario

Again the scale tips: Brihatkshatra, wounded in the heart, "hasan iva", as though smiling, turns defeat into victory and takes the enemy's head. The image "babhau jyotir iva ambarāt" -- the head shining like a star fallen from the sky -- shows beauty within horror: even a severed head remains regal. It is telling that greatness does not desert the fallen. The verse teaches that war brings down even the resplendent, but a man's dignity shines even in his very fall, as a star torn from the firmament does not lose its splendor.

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