वातायमानैर् असकृद् धतवीरैर् अलंकृतैः ॥
व्यजनैः कङ्कटैश् चैव ध्वजैश् च विनिपातितैः ॥
छत्रैर् आभरणैर् वस्त्रैर् माल्यैश् च सुसुगन्धिभिः ॥
हारैः किरीटैर् मुकुटैर् उष्णीषैः किङ्किणीगणैः ॥
उरस्यैर् मणिभिर् निष्कैश् चूडामणिभिर् एव च ॥
आसीद् आयोधनं तत्र नभस् तारागणैर् इव ॥
ततो दुर्योधनस्यासीन् नकुलेन समागमः ॥
अमर्षितेन क्रुद्धस्य क्रुद्धेनामर्षितस्य च ॥
vātāyamānair asakṛd dhatavīrair alaṃkṛtaiḥ ||
vyajanaiḥ kaṅkaṭaiś caiva dhvajaiś ca vinipātitaiḥ ||
chatrair ābharaṇair vastrair mālyaiś ca susugandhibhiḥ ||
hāraiḥ kirīṭair mukuṭair uṣṇīṣaiḥ kiṅkiṇīgaṇaiḥ ||
urasyair maṇibhir niṣkaiś cūḍāmaṇibhir eva ca ||
āsīd āyodhanaṃ tatra nabhas tārāgaṇair iva ||
tato duryodhanasyāsīn nakulena samāgamaḥ ||
amarṣitena kruddhasya kruddhenāmarṣitasya ca ||
...rushing like the wind, endlessly, with slain heroes yet still adorned; with fans and coats of mail, and with banners cast down; with parasols, ornaments, garments, and fragrant garlands, necklaces, diadems, crowns, turbans, clusters of tinkling bells, breast-jewels, chains, and crest-jewels -- such was the battlefield there, as if the sky with hosts of stars. Then Duryodhana had a meeting with Nakula -- the indignant one with the enraged one, the enraged one with the indignant one.
904663525bda · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 5:08:17 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The field, strewn with the crowns, jewels, and garlands of the fallen, shines "as the sky with stars": death has gathered the precious adornment of every lineage. It is telling that the splendor of royal ornament glimmers in the dust of slaughter. The verse teaches that all the pomp of earthly greatness -- crowns, necklaces, pearls -- scatters at the hour of death like stars across a field of death; and the gleam of these abandoned treasures stands as a silent rebuke to the vanity for whose sake blood was spilled.