सा निशा भरतश्रेष्ठ प्रदीपैर् अवभासिता ॥
दिवसप्रतिमा राजन् बभूव रणमूर्धनि ॥
आदित्येन यथा व्याप्तं तमो लोके प्रणश्यति ॥
तथा नष्टं तमो घोरं दीपैर् दीप्तैर् अलंकृतम् ॥
शस्त्राणां कवचानां च मणीनां च महात्मनाम् ॥
अन्तर्दधुः प्रभाः सर्वा दीपैस् तैर् अवभासिताः ॥
sā niśā bharataśreṣṭha pradīpair avabhāsitā ||
divasapratimā rājan babhūva raṇamūrdhani ||
ādityena yathā vyāptaṃ tamo loke praṇaśyati ||
tathā naṣṭaṃ tamo ghoraṃ dīpair dīptair alaṃkṛtam ||
śastrāṇāṃ kavacānāṃ ca maṇīnāṃ ca mahātmanām ||
antardadhuḥ prabhāḥ sarvā dīpais tair avabhāsitāḥ ||
And blazing lamps on chariots, elephants, and horses were seen, O great king, like great meteors fallen from the sky. That night, O best of the Bharatas, illumined by lamps, became like unto day, O king, at the head of the battle. As darkness, when seized by the sun, perishes in the world, so the fearsome darkness perished, adorned with blazing lamps. All the gleams of weapons and armor and of the jewels of the great-souled faded away, outshone by those lamps.
8cf60803fb85 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:49:34 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The light of the lamps conquers the darkness, "as the sun," and even the gleam of weapons and jewels fades before their radiance. It is significant that a lesser light eclipses greater gleams - a gathered multitude of flames outshines scattered sparks. The verse teaches that small lights too, joined together, dispel a great darkness; the solitary sparkle of a jewel is lost, but a host of lamps turns night into day. So too the united effort of many overcomes a gloom that is beyond the power of one.