मुक्ताविद्रुमचित्रैश् च मणिकाञ्चनभूषितैः ॥
ध्वजैर् आभरणैश् चित्रैः कवचैश् च हिरण्मयैः ॥
वैजयन्तीपताकाभिः परिस्तोमाङ्गकम्बलैः ॥
विमलैर् निशितैः शस्त्रैर् हयानां च प्रकीर्णकैः ॥
जातरूपमयीभिश् च राजतीभिश् च मूर्धसु ॥
गजानां कुम्भमालाभिर् दन्तवेष्टैश् च भारत ॥
muktāvidrumacitraiś ca maṇikāñcanabhūṣitaiḥ ||
dhvajair ābharaṇaiś citraiḥ kavacaiś ca hiraṇmayaiḥ ||
vaijayantīpatākābhiḥ paristomāṅgakambalaiḥ ||
vimalair niśitaiḥ śastrair hayānāṃ ca prakīrṇakaiḥ ||
jātarūpamayībhiś ca rājatībhiś ca mūrdhasu ||
gajānāṃ kumbhamālābhir dantaveṣṭaiś ca bhārata ||
With banners variegated with pearls and coral, adorned with gems and gold, with varied ornaments and golden armor; with victory-standards and pennants, with saddle-cloths and horse-blankets, with clean, sharp weapons and the plumes of horses; and with golden and silver [frontlets] upon their brows, with the forehead-garlands of elephants and their tusk-rings, O Bharata…
f2a8b3b1918b · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:52:56 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The long inventory of the army's splendor — pearls, coral, gold, gems — paints the magnificence of the frozen host. It is telling that all this splendor stands arrested in rapt contemplation. The verse teaches that worldly magnificence is merely the setting for a moment of valor: the rich adornment of the armies serves as the backdrop for the meeting of two heroes; and however lavish the outward show, what is precious is not it, but the living greatness of spirit for whose sake all these bedecked multitudes fell silent in wonder.