Shloka 7
Sainyavinyāsa–Lakṣaṇa (Disposition of Armies and Battlefield Omens) | सैन्यविन्यास–लक्षणम्
पाण्डवसेनाके पीछेकी ओरसे हवा चल रही थी और आपके पुत्रोंकी ओर देखकर हिंसक जन्तु बोल रहे थे। आपके पुत्रकी सेनामें जो हाथी थे, वे पाण्डवपक्षके गजराजोंके मदोंकी तीव्र गन्ध नहीं सहन कर पाते थे ।। दुर्योधनो हस्तिनं पद्मवर्ण सुवर्णकक्ष॑ जालवन्तं प्रभिन्नम् । समास्थितो मध्यगत: कुरूणां संस्तूयमानो वन्दिभिम्मागधैश्वल,दुर्योधन कमलके समान कान्तिवाले मदस्रावी गजराजपर बैठकर कौरवसेनाके मध्यभागमें खड़ा था। उसके हाथीपर सोनेका हौदा कसा हुआ था और पीठपर सोनेकी जाली बिछी हुई थी। उस समय बन्दी और मागधजन उसकी स्तुति कर रहे थे
sañjaya uvāca | pāṇḍavasenāke pīchekī orase havā cala rahī thī aura āpake putroṅkī ora dekhakara hiṃsaka jantu bola rahe the | āpake putrakī senāmeṃ jo hāthī the, ve pāṇḍavapakṣake gajarājoṅke madoṅkī tīvra gandha nahīṃ saha pāte the || duryodhano hastinaṃ padmavarṇaṃ suvarṇakakṣaṃ jālavantaṃ prabhinnam | samāsthito madhyagataḥ kurūṇāṃ saṃstūyamāno vandibhir māgadhaiś ca ||
Sañjaya said: A favorable wind was blowing from behind the Pandava army, while ominous cries of fierce creatures were heard as they faced your sons. The elephants in your son’s host could not endure the sharp, intoxicating scent of musth from the great elephants of the Pandava side. Meanwhile Duryodhana, seated upon a musth elephant radiant like a lotus, fitted with a golden howdah and a golden netting on its back, stood in the midst of the Kuru forces as bards and Magadha panegyrists sang his praises—an image of royal pride set against portents that hint at the moral and strategic imbalance of the coming battle.
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