महाभारत · 7.80.18–19
॥
देवनागरी
मद्रराजस्य शल्यस्य ध्वजाग्रे ऽग्निशिखाम् इव ॥
सौवर्णीं प्रतिपश्याम सीताम् अप्रतिमां शुभाम् ॥
सा सीता भ्राजते तस्य रथम् आस्थाय मारिष ॥
सर्वबीजविरूढेव यथा सीता श्रिया वृता ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
madrarājasya śalyasya dhvajāgre 'gniśikhām iva ||
sauvarṇīṃ pratipaśyāma sītām apratimāṃ śubhām ||
sā sītā bhrājate tasya ratham āsthāya māriṣa ||
sarvabījavirūḍheva yathā sītā śriyā vṛtā ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
मद्रराजस्य शल्यस्यmadrarājasya śalyasyaof Shalya, king of Madra; of Shalya, lord of Madra
ध्वजाग्रे अग्निशिखाम् इवdhvajāgre agniśikhām ivaon the top of the banner like a tongue of flame; on the top of the standard like a point of fire
सौवर्णीम् प्रतिपश्यामsauvarṇīm pratipaśyāmagolden, we beheld; golden, we saw
सीताम् अप्रतिमाम् शुभाम्sītām apratimām śubhāma plow, matchless, beautiful; the [goddess-]plow, incomparable, auspicious
सा सीता भ्राजते तस्यsā sītā bhrājate tasyathat plow shines upon him; that plow gleams upon him
रथम् आस्थाय मारिषratham āsthāya māriṣafixed upon his chariot, O venerable one; mounted on his chariot, O worthy one
सर्वबीजविरूढा इवsarvabījavirūḍhā ivaas if sprouted with every seed; as though giving shoot to every seed
यथा सीता श्रिया वृताyathā sītā śriyā vṛtālike Sita [the furrow], wrapped in bounty; like the furrow-Sita, embraced by abundance
अनुवाद
"On the top of the banner of Shalya, king of Madra, like a tongue of flame, we beheld a golden plow, matchless, beautiful. That plow shines upon him, fixed upon his chariot, O venerable one, as if sprouted with every seed, like Sita [the furrow], wrapped in bounty."
संस्करण
900d4ee29272 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:52:57 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Shalya's emblem is the golden plow-Sita, the furrow, sign of fertility and prosperity: "sarvabījavirūḍhā iva", as if sprouted with every seed. Sorrowful is the contradiction: a sign promising life and harvest raised over a field where not grain but death is sown. It is telling that the emblem of abundance shades a chariot of slaughter. The verse teaches that man strives to bear signs of blessing even where he does the opposite; but a furrow cut on the field of battle yields no shoots, only the bodies of the fallen.