Mahabharata 7.193.20 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 193, Shloka 20
ते मिश्रा बह्दशो भन्त जवना वातरंहस: । पारावतसवर्णाशक्ष शोणाश्वा भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ! वे वायुके समान वेगशाली, कबूतरके समान रंगवाले और लाल घोड़े परस्पर मिलकर बड़ी शोभा पाने लगे
te miśrā bahudhaśo bhānti yavanā vātarāṁhasaḥ | pārāvatasavarṇāś ca śoṇāśvā bharatarṣabha ||
قال سانجايا: «يا ثورَ آلِ بهاراتا، إن تلك الخيول—مختلطة الأجناس كثيرة الأنواع—كانت تتلألأ: سريعةً كالريح، منها ما هو بلون الحمام، ومنها ما هو أحمر. وحين امتزجت في زحام الحرب بدت أشدَّ بهاءً.»
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The verse primarily serves narrative and ethical framing: it highlights the dazzling, almost intoxicating splendour of war’s apparatus (horses and speed), implicitly reminding the listener that outward brilliance and martial beauty can accompany—and sometimes mask—the grim reality of violence and destruction.
Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the striking appearance of the horses on the battlefield—variegated, extremely swift like the wind, dove-coloured and red—moving together and thereby creating a scene of heightened splendour amid the ongoing combat.
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