Shloka 76

Devanagari script

क्लृप्तश्मश्रुभिरत्यर्थ वीराणां समलंकृतै: । अपविद्धैर्महाराज सुवर्णोज्ज्वलकुण्डलै:

Transliteration

klṛptaśmaśrubhir atyarthaṁ vīrāṇāṁ samalaṅkṛtaiḥ | apaviddhair mahārāja suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍalaiḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: O King, the warriors—now exceedingly adorned with neatly trimmed moustaches—had their bright golden earrings cast off and scattered about. The scene underscores how the outward marks of valor and ornament, once signs of pride and status, are rendered meaningless amid the harsh reality of battle.

Word by Word

• क्लृप्त: arranged, trimmed
• क्लृप्त: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लृप् (धातु) → क्लृप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• श्मश्रुभिः: with beards/moustaches
• श्मश्रुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्मश्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अत्यर्थम्: exceedingly, very much
• अत्यर्थम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वीराणाम्: of the heroes/warriors
• वीराणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• समलंकृतैः: well-adorned
• समलंकृतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अलंकृ (धातु) → समलंकृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अपविद्धैः: cast off, thrown down
• अपविद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप + विध् (धातु) → अपविद्ध (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सुवर्णोज्ज्वलकुण्डलैः: with gold-bright earrings
• सुवर्णोज्ज्वलकुण्डलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण + उज्ज्वल + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'mahārāja')
• warriors (vīrāḥ)
• golden earrings (suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the fragility of external splendor—ornaments and cultivated signs of valor—when confronted with the destructive truth of war; it implicitly points to the impermanence of worldly status and the ethical gravity of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya describes the battlefield aftermath to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: warriors who were once richly adorned are now seen with their shining golden earrings flung away, emphasizing the disarray and ruin brought by the fighting.