त्रियामा रजनी चैषा घोररूपा भयानका ॥
सहस्रयामप्रतिमा बभूव प्राणहारिणी ॥
वध्यतां च तथा तेषां क्षतानां च विशेषतः ॥
अहो रात्रिः समाजज्ञे निद्रान्धानां विशेषतः ॥
सर्वे ह्य् आसन् निरुत्साहाः क्षत्रिया दीनचेतसः ॥
तव चैव परेषां च गतास्त्रा विगतेषवः ॥
ते तथा पारयन्तश् च ह्रीमन्तश् च विशेषतः ॥
स्वधर्मम् अनुपश्यन्तो न जहुः स्वाम् अनीकिनीम् ॥
शस्त्राण्य् अन्ये समुत्सृज्य निद्रान्धाः शेरते जनाः ॥
गजेष्व् अन्ये रथेष्व् अन्ये हयेष्व् अन्ये च भारत ॥
triyāmā rajanī caiṣā ghorarūpā bhayānakā ||
sahasrayāmapratimā babhūva prāṇahāriṇī ||
vadhyatāṃ ca tathā teṣāṃ kṣatānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ ||
aho rātriḥ samājajñe nidrāndhānāṃ viśeṣataḥ ||
sarve hy āsan nirutsāhāḥ kṣatriyā dīnacetasaḥ ||
tava caiva pareṣāṃ ca gatāstrā vigateṣavaḥ ||
te tathā pārayantaś ca hrīmantaś ca viśeṣataḥ ||
svadharmam anupaśyanto na jahuḥ svām anīkinīm ||
śastrāṇy anye samutsṛjya nidrāndhāḥ śerate janāḥ ||
gajeṣv anye ratheṣv anye hayeṣv anye ca bhārata ||
That three-watch night, terrible in aspect, dreadful, resembling a thousand watches, became a taker of life for those being slain, and especially for the wounded. ‘Alas, the [endless] night has come’ — especially for those blinded by sleep; for all were spent of strength, the kshatriyas, downcast in spirit, both yours and the enemy's, bereft of weapons, without arrows. They, holding out thus, and especially the conscientious, looking to their own duty, did not abandon their own army.
911674c6efda · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:58:11 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A night as long as ‘a thousand watches’ is the measure of the exhausted men's torment: time stretches out in suffering. It is significant that the conscientious ‘did not abandon the army’ though spent of strength: shame and duty hold them fast where strength has run out. The verse teaches that honor is stronger than weariness: where the body can no longer act, the spirit of shame will not let a warrior flee; and faithfulness to duty shows itself most brightly in the hour when the whole being cries out for rest.