तान् दृष्ट्वा पततस् तूर्णं शैनेयः परवीरहा ॥
प्रत्यगृह्णान् महाबाहुः प्रमुञ्चन् विशिखान् बहून् ॥
तत्र वीरो महेष्वासः सात्यकिर् युद्धदुर्मदः ॥
निचकर्त शिरांस्य् उग्रैः शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ॥
हस्तिहस्तान् हयग्रीवान् बाहून् अपि च सायुधान् ॥
क्षुरप्रैः पातयाम् आस तावकानां स माधवः ॥
पतितैश् चामरैश् चैव श्वेतच्छत्रैश् च भारत ॥
बभूव धरणी पूर्णा नक्षत्रैर् द्यौर् इव प्रभो ॥
tān dṛṣṭvā patatas tūrṇaṃ śaineyaḥ paravīrahā ||
pratyagṛhṇān mahābāhuḥ pramuñcan viśikhān bahūn ||
tatra vīro maheṣvāsaḥ sātyakir yuddhadurmadaḥ ||
nicakarta śirāṃsy ugraiḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ ||
hastihastān hayagrīvān bāhūn api ca sāyudhān ||
kṣurapraiḥ pātayām āsa tāvakānāṃ sa mādhavaḥ ||
patitaiś cāmaraiś caiva śvetacchatraiś ca bhārata ||
babhūva dharaṇī pūrṇā nakṣatrair dyaur iva prabho ||
Seeing them swiftly rushing, Shaineya, slayer of foemen's heroes, the mighty-armed, met [them], releasing many arrows. There the hero, the great archer Satyaki, furious in battle, severed heads with fierce, smooth-jointed arrows. Trunks of elephants, necks of horses, and arms with weapons -- that Madhava struck down with razor-tipped arrows among your [warriors]. With fallen fans and white parasols, O Bharata, the earth became strewn, as the sky with stars, O lord.
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One stands against many -- and the ground beneath him is covered with the fans and parasols of the fallen, 'like the sky with stars.' It is significant that the marks of royalty -- white parasols, fans -- turn into the starry wreckage of slaughter. The verse teaches that the greatness of one valiant man can turn a whole encirclement to dust; and the splendid tokens of power, scattered across the field, glimmer like stars -- a silent monument to the vanity of might before true courage.