महाभारत · 7.147.37–38
॥
देवनागरी
यत्र यत्र स्म दृश्यन्ते प्रदीपाः कुरुसत्तम ॥
तत्र तत्र स्म ते शूरा निपतन्ति पतंगवत् ॥
तथा संयुध्यमानानां विगाढाभून् महानिशा ॥
पाण्डवानां च राजेन्द्र कौरवाणां च सर्वशः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
yatra yatra sma dṛśyante pradīpāḥ kurusattama ||
tatra tatra sma te śūrā nipatanti pataṃgavat ||
tathā saṃyudhyamānānāṃ vigāḍhābhūn mahāniśā ||
pāṇḍavānāṃ ca rājendra kauravāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
क्रुद्धानाम् युध्यमानानाम्kruddhānām yudhyamānānāmof the enraged, fighting; of the enraged, the fighting
जयताम् जीयताम् अपिjayatām jīyatām apivictorious and vanquished alike; the victorious and the vanquished alike
यत्र यत्र स्म दृश्यन्तेyatra yatra sma dṛśyantewherever were seen; wherever were seen
प्रदीपाः कुरुसत्तमpradīpāḥ kurusattamathe torches, O best of the Kurus; the torches, O best of the Kurus
तत्र तत्र स्म ते शूराःtatra tatra sma te śūrāḥthere those heroes; there those very heroes
निपतन्ति पतंगवत्nipatanti pataṃgavatfell, like moths; fell, like moths
तथा संयुध्यमानानाम्tathā saṃyudhyamānānāmthus for those fighting; thus for those who fought
विगाढा अभूत् महानिशाvigāḍhā abhūt mahāniśāthe great night deepened; the great night deepened
पाण्डवानाम् च राजेन्द्रpāṇḍavānām ca rājendraof the Pandavas, O lord of kings; of the Pandavas, O lord of kings
कौरवाणाम् च सर्वशःkauravāṇām ca sarvaśaḥand of the Kauravas, everywhere; and of the Kauravas -- everywhere
अनुवाद
[Such was the roar] of the enraged, the fighting, the victorious and the vanquished alike. Wherever the torches were seen, O best of the Kurus, there those very heroes fell, like moths. Thus for those who fought, the great night deepened -- of the Pandavas and, O lord of kings, of the Kauravas, everywhere.
संस्करण
65185275bb9f · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:49:34 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The chapter closes with the image of warriors flying to the light of torches and perishing, "like moths": the pull toward light turns into death. It is telling that the very brightness that restored sight now lures the fighters to their ruin. The verse teaches that an unreasoning attraction to a visible good destroys, as flame destroys the moth; and in this night of Kurukshetra, where light draws men to death, is shown the bitter image of a blindness that drives the living toward their own destruction.